# Accident 19980506008489A: Cessna 150L, Wadsworth, OH, May 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1998, 17:40 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Airport: Wadsworth Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0200° N, 81.7297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0200&lon=-81.7297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21971, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21971-2003-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980506008489A

## Narrative

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

DURING PILOT SECOND SUPERERVISED SOLO FLIGHT AT 3G3, RWY 20, ACFT HIT TOP OF TREES AND CRASHED IN CORNFIELD. (.4)THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COMPLETING HIS SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HALF WAY DOWN THE 3,500-FOOT-LONG RUNWAY, AND BOUNCED ABOUT 4 TO 6 FEET IN THE AIR.  THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT HE USED A HANDHELD RADIO TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PILOT AND CALLED TO THE PILOT TO 'REFLARE,' BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.  HE HEARD THE SOUND OF FULL POWER BEING APPLIED.  THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE TO ABOUT 100 FEET, BANKED LEFT, ROTATED 180 DEGREES, AND NOSED INTO A CORN FIELD.  THE PILOT HAD 21 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, ALL IN THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AS THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT SAID THAT THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF HE HAD MORE TRAINING AT A SMALL AIRPORT, SUCH AS THE ACCIDENT AIRPORT.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THE CARBURETOR HEAT IN THE COLD POSITION, AND THE FLAPS SET AT 40 DEGREES (FULL FLAPS).  THE EXAMINATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY ANOMALIES THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATION.                                                                                                           (-23) THE STUDENT PILOT AND CFI DEPARTED CAK @ APPROX. 1700 LOCAL FOR A VFRTRAINING FLIGHT TO 3G3, WADSWORTH, OHIO. THE CFI GAVE DUAL ON SHORTFIELD OPERATIONS @ 3G3.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THEN RELEASED FOR HIS 2ND SUPERVISED SOLO WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO STAY IN CLOSED TRAFFIC @3G3.  ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED APPROX 4' IN THE AIR.  THE STUDENT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS.  AT APPROX 100-150' AGL HE ATTEMPTED TO AVOID A TREE STAND, STALLED AND BEGAN A SPIN ENTRY BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 IAD98LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98LA052), May 6, 1998: Cessna 150 (N21971), Wadsworth, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during an aborted landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.

## Other reports on N21971 (1)

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

- [Accident 19790206002449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790206002449A), Feb 6, 1979: Cessna 150 (N21971), Flint, MI, Substantial damage. Student lost control on landing roll. Acft veered into snow bank and flipped over.

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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