# Accident 19890702018619A: Cessna 150L, Chicago/Aurora, IL, July 2, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1989, 15:43 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16004, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16004-1990-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,620 total, 500 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890702018619A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STALLED ON GO AROUND AFTER STUDENT MADE PORPOISING LANDING. AIR WAS TURBULENT DUE TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89FA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA124), Jul 2, 1989: Cessna 150L (N16004), Sugar Grove, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALL SPEED, AND A STALL/SPIN ENCOUNTERED WITH INADEQUATE ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THUNDERSTORM, PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING NOT…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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