# Accident 19910505014219A: Cessna 150J, Houston, TX, May 5, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1991, 15:00 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: May Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9996° N, 95.6704° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9996&lon=-95.6704&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60544, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60544-2003-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 175 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA073) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910505014219A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE UNDER HOOD WITH SAFETY PILOT. SLOW AND OFF SIDE ON FINAL. SAFETY PILOT TOOK OVER TOO LATE. STALLED.

## 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 FTW91LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA073), May 5, 1991: Cessna 150J (N60544), Cypress, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PIC TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED AND THE INADVERTENT STALL EXPERIENCED BY THE PILOT RATED PASSENGER. A FACTOR WAS THE PIC'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT.

## Other reports on N60544 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910824036609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910824036609A), Aug 24, 1991: Cessna 150J (N60544), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Student on first solo bounced on touch and go. Lost control and veered off runway into brush.
- [Accident 19740125002789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740125002789A), Jan 25, 1974: Cessna 150J (N60544), Pittsburg, KS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Path findings on plt indicate possibility of incapacitating convulsion.

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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