# Accident 19970616014239A: Cessna 150H, Jean, NV, June 16, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1997, 16:30 local time
- Place: Jean, NV
- Airport: Jean Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7507° N, 115.5306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7507&lon=-115.5306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22406, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22406-2001-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 270 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970616014239A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 16, 1997, AT 1630 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150, N22406, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING A GO AROUND ATTEMPT AT THE JEAN, NEVADA, AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PILOT RATED PASSENGER SUSTIANED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM THE NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, AIRPORT AT 1615. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE WAS PRACTICING VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) APPROACHED ENDING IN GO AROUNDS ON RUNWAY 20R WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER CROSSING OVER THE APPRAOCH END OF THE RUNWAY ON THE FOURTH VFR APPROACH, SHE ADDED FULL POWER, RAISED THE FLAPS, AND MANUALLY CHECKED THAT CARBURETOR HEAT WAS OFF. SHE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SETTLE, SO SHE LOWERED THE NOSE AND THAT THE LAST THING SHE REMEMBERED. A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PARTROL (CHP) OFFICER, WHO IS ALSO A PILOT, REPORTED THAT HE OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT MAKE A LOW APPROACAH FROM THE NORTH TO RUNWAY 20R. THE AIRCRAFT MADE TWO MORE LOW APPROACHED AND ON THE FOURTH APPROACH MADE A TOUCHDOWN APPROXIMATELY 2/3 DOWN THE      RUNWAY. THE CHP OFFICER STATED THAT THE PILOT ADDED POWER AND LIFTED OFF WHAT APPEARED TO BE 30 DEGREES FLAP DOWN. THE PLANE GAINED APPROXIMATELY 150

## 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 LAX97LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA214), Jun 16, 1997: Cessna 150 (N22406), Jean, NV, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in a stall/mush. Also causal was the pilot's failure to retract the flaps during the go-around.

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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