# Accident 19990502004439A: Cessna 150M, Chattanooga, TN, May 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1999, 10:40 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704RB-1999-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990502004439A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASH-LANDED ON RWY 20, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) WHILE PERFORMING THE REQUIRED INITIAL THREE (3) SOLO LANDINGS, THE ABOVE-REFERENCED STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING ON THE LAST OF THE SERIES. AFTER CONTACT WITH RUNWAY 20 AND BOUNCING BACK UP, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH THEN STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT WITH ITS RIGHT GEAR, GROUND LOOPED AND FINALLY CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, FACING BACK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECITON.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WILL RECEIVE COUNSELING FROM AN FAA OPERATIONS INSPECTOR.  (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT ON THE FLARE FOR THE SECOND FULL STOP LANDING, THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE YAWED TO THE RIGHT.  HE CORRECTED THE ROLL AND YAW WITH LEFT AILERON AND LEFT RUDDER RESPECTIVELY AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT.  THE STUDENT THEN APPLIED POWER AND THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 MIA99LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA146), May 2, 1999: Cessna 150M (N704RB), Chattanooga, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the student pilot to maintain directional control during the flare/touchdown.

## Other reports on N704RB (1)

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

- [Accident 19810520026999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810520026999A), May 20, 1981: Cessna 150M (N704RB), Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. Ballooned on gusty crosswind landing. Airplane porpoised on runway. Bent motor mount. Wrinkle fuselage.

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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