# Accident 19990801029109A: Cessna 150L, Bryan, TX, August 1, 1999 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 1, 1999, 19:57 local time - Place: Bryan, TX - Airport: Coulter Field Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 30.7157° N, 96.3314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COULTER FLD (CFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7157&lon=-96.3314&mi=10 - Aircraft: N444UF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444UF-2006-05-03) (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 - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 240 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA205) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990801029109A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (.19) ON AUGUST 1, 1999, AT 1957 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150L AIRPLANE, N444UF, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT THE COULTER FIELD AIRPORT, NEAR BRYAN, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY PREISS ENTERPRISES INC., AND OPERATED BY UNITED FLIGHT SYSTEMS INC., BOTH OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FOR WHICH A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE LOCAL FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM THE EASTERWOOD FIELD AIRPORT (CLL), NEAR COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED TO THE OPERATOR THAT "THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING AND LOST POWER WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS ABEAM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY WHILE ON A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 14." THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE ON A SHORT TAXIWAY PERPENDICULAR TO THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 32. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ADDED THAT DURING HIS APPROACH TO THE TAXIWAY, ENGINE POWER WAS REESTABLISHED AND HE ELECTED TO INITIATE A CLIMB TO RETURN TO HOME BASE. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN DURING CLIMB OUT, AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AGAIN INITIATED A FORCED LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED ON THE SHOULDER OF A HIGHWAY, WENT THROUGH A FENCE, AND CAME TO REST IN A FIELD IN THE INVERTED POSITION. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE OPERATOR REVEALED SPAR DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND ENGINE FIREWALL. THE OPERATOR ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD APPROXIMATELY 13 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. (-23)DURING CLIMB OUT AFTER A TOUCH AND GO, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED ENGINE OUT LANDING PROCEDURESPRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNUP PAD. ENGINE STARTED TO RUN AGAIN THEN THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STARTED TO GO AROUND AND THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PULLED UP HARD TO MISS THE POWER LINES. NEXT THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER THE POWER LINES. THE ENGINE AGAIN STARTED AS THE AIRCRAFT FLEW UNDER THE SECOND POWER LINE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY A 45% ANGLE WITH THE LEFT WING LOW. (.4)DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE STALLED AFTER THE 750-HOUR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED AN ABRUPT PULL-UP TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH POWERLINES WHILE MANEUVERING. WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN OPERATING IN THE CLOSED TRAFFIC PATTERN, PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 14. THEY ADDED THAT THEY HEARD THE ENGINE POWER BEING REDUCED FROM FULL POWER TO IDLE AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE MAKE A LEFT TURN AND DESCEND TOWARD THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRPORT. INSTEAD OF MAKING A RIGHT TURN FOR A DOWNWIND LANDING ON 32, THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED STRAIGHT AHEAD, CROSSING PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. THE WITNESSES THEN HEARD AN INCREASE IN ENGINE POWER AND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ENTER A CLIMB. THE 15-HOUR STUDENT PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TOLD A WITNESS THAT HE SAW THE POWERLINES CROSSING THEIR FLIGHT PATH, AND 'THEY PULLED UP HARD AND BARELY MISSED THEM.' THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT AFTER CLEARING THE POWERLINES, 'THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRPLANE DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO STALL AND SPIN TOWARD 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 FTW99LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA205), Aug 2, 1999: Cessna 150L (N444UF), Bryan, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadvertent stall while performing an evasive maneuver to avoid colliding with powerlines. ## Other reports on N444UF (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19960113000509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960113000509A), Jan 13, 1996: Cessna 152 (N444UF), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft made hard landing 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.