HATTIESBURG, MS, USA
N6055G
CESSNA 150K
THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 31. ON HIS THIRD LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND, AND THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED. THE NOSE DROPPED SUDDENLY, AND THE NOSEWHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, WENT INTO A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE, HIT THE RUNWAY WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND BOUNCED AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE, COLLAPSING THE NOSEGEAR.
On March 18, 1995, about 1200 central standard time, a Cessna 150K, N6055G, registered to Southeast Aviation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, experienced a hard landing at the Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot was not injured. The flight originated about 35 minutes before the accident. The pilot stated he was making touch-and-go landings to runway 31. On his third landing he encountered a gust of wind, and the airplane became airborne. The nose dropped suddenly and the nosegear struck the runway. The airplane bounced back into the air in a tail low attitude, collided with the runway on the main landing gear, bounced, collided with the runway in a nose- down attitude, and collapsed the nosegear. Review of weather information obtained from the FAA, for the time period of the accident, revealed no recorded record of turbulence, downdrafts, gusts, or windshear. The accident was reported to the NTSB by Southeast Aviation on March 29, 1995.
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO PERFORM A RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSING OF THE NOSE GEAR.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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