Plane Crash List

Cessna 150L N5321Q

7 July 1985 · Killeen, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 7 July 1985 at about 16:27 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N5321Q was involved in an accident near Killeen, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 16:27
Classification
Accident
Location
Killeen, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Killeen Muni (ILE)
Coordinates
31.1108, -97.7296
Aircraft
Cessna 150L
Registration
N5321Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW85LA279

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY FLARE THE AIRCRAFT AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO START PORPOISING FROM WHICH RECOVERY WAS NOT MADE. AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO BOUNCE UNTIL THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. IT THEN SLID TO A STOP, RESTING ON THE NOSE SECTION AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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