CREVE COUER, MO, USA
N19220
CESSNA 150
WHILE PRACTICING TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS, THE STUDENT PLT MISJUDGED HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A PLOWED/FURROWED FIELD ABOUT 20 FEET SHORT OF THE RWY & BOUNCED ABOUT 50 FT ONTO THE RWY, WHERE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN SLID TO A STOP ON ITS NOSE.
THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF ALTITUDE AND DISTANCE TO THE RUNWAY, AND HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT FOR LANDING. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE SOFT/UNEVEN TERRAIN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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