19991121046599A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150K · Juneau, AK · November 21, 1999

Date
November 21, 1999 · 14:25 local
Place
Juneau, AK
Airport
Juneau International
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N5703G
Reported as
Cessna 150K
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Apparently the instructor allowed the student to pitch up to a higher than normal climb attitude after takeoff to demonstrate that excess airspeed would allow it. At about 70 mph the student was beginning to lower the pitch when "we encountered a wind shear, lost all wind, and the airplane stalled" (quote from the instructor). The airplane then broke to the left, was overcorrected, and rolled to the right, was corrected, and impacted the water/sand in a nose down condition. (The flight path resembled a falling leaf maneuver to witnesses). The impact site indicated the aircraft was descending almost vertically with very little forward movement. Both occupants exited the aircraft after impact.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) APPARENTLY THE INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO PITCH UP TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL CLIMB ATTITUDE AFTER TAKEOFF TO DEMONSTRATE THAT EXCESS AIRSPEED WOULD ALLOW IT. AT ABOUT 70 MPH THE STUDENT WAS BEGINNING TO LOWER THE PITCH WHEN "WE ENCOUNTERED A WIND SHEAR, LOST ALL WIND, AND THE AIRPLANE STALLED" (QUOTE FROM THE INSTRUCTOR). THE AIRPLANE THEN BROKE TO THE LEFT, WAS OVERCORRECTED, AND ROLLED TO THE RIGHT, WAS CORRECTED, AND IMPACTED THE WATER/SAND IN A NOSE DOWN CONDITION. (THE FLIGHT PATH RESEMBLED A FALLING LEAF MANEUVER TO WITNESSES). THE IMPACT SITE INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING ALMOST VERTICALLY WITH VERY LITTLE FORWARD MOVEMENT. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IMPACT.