# Accident 19990925043829A: Cessna 150, Clarksville, MD, September 25, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1999, 12:15 local time
- Place: Clarksville, MD
- Airport: Haysfield Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2694° N, 76.8297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2694&lon=-76.8297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66641, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66641-2000-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990925043829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM THE ABOVE COMMERCIAL PILOT WHO IS AN AUTHORIZED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE ABOVE STUDENT PILOT FLEW THE AIRPLANE FROM CARROLL COUNTY (W54), WESTMINSTER, MD. TO HAYES FIELD (MD24), A PRIVATE, GRASS-STRIP, AIRPORT NEAR COLUMBIA, MD. THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31 AT HAYES. THEY BOTH REPORTED THAT THE FLAPS WERE SET FOR 30 DEGREES. THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AT LEAST TWICE ON LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THE "LANDING WAS VERY HARD AND AIRCRAFT BOUNCED HIGH, HIT HARD AGAIN AND BOUNCED AGAIN." THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AND APPLIED FULL POWER. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A CLIMB BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND VERTICALLY IN TREES BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE FIELD ELEVATION IS 420 FEET MSL. THE ALTIMETER SETTING WAS 29.81 INCHES HG AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 80 DEGREES FARENHEIT. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS APPROX. 2,000 FEET.

## 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 IAD99FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99FA069), Sep 25, 1999: Cessna 150M (N66641), Ellicott City, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight instructor's failure to follow the balked landing procedure in the owner's manual by retracting the flaps from 40 degrees to zero degrees.

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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