Hard landing involving a Cessna Aircraft Company 150M, VH-UWS, Barwon Heads/Geelong, (ALA), VIC on 8 November 1996

The sixty year old student pilot was authorised for additional solo practice. His intention was to fly a circuit and then fly around the training area for a while. On the first landing, he encountered a 5 knot crosswind from the left with a small wind gust at about the time of level off/touchdown. The aicraft touched down, bounced back into the air twice and then landed nose down heavily enough to break the nosewheel assembly. In hindsight the pilot advised that he should have performed a go-around after the first bounce but at the time everything seemed to happen very quickly.