ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 288615
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| Date: | Sunday 4 April 2010 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150G |
| Owner/operator: | Tailwheels Etc Inc. |
| Registration: | N4655X |
| MSN: | 15064705 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7186 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Winter Haven, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Winter Haven Municipal Airport - Gilbert Field, FL (GIF/KGIF) |
| Winter Haven Municipal Airport - Gilbert Field, FL (GIF/KGIF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot completed his first solo flight the day prior to the accident. On the day of the accident, the student pilot was completing another solo flight in the traffic pattern. During his third landing on runway 5, the airplane bounced once, then landed again and collapsed the nose landing gear. The airplane came to rest on the runway and sustained damage to the firewall. No mechanical malfunctions or failures were reported by the student pilot. The recorded wind at the airport, about the time of the accident, was from 040 degrees at 4 knots, gusting to 16 knots.
Probable Cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing in gusting winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA10CA218
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 February 1997 | N4655X | Private | 0 | Dowagiac, MI | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Oct-2022 00:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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