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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150K · Long Beach, CA · May 25, 2000

Date: May 25, 2000
Place: Long Beach, CA
Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6021G
Reported as: Cessna 150K
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total

N6021GRegistration cancelled May 30, 2018 · Cessna 150KS/N 15071521 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 150K Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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)The student/pilot had not flown for 9 months and was being checked out by the instructor. The pilot lost control of the aircraft on the ground after landing. Instructor told him twice that he "had the aircraft," but the student froze. The aircraft was drifting to the right, and when the student finally added left rudder, in a combination with the instructors input, it was enough to upset the aircraft. The aircraft tilted formward and left, striking the prop. Damage was minor. Counseled both the instructor and student.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE STUDENT/PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN FOR 9 MONTHS AND WAS BEING CHECKED OUT BY THE INSTRUCTOR. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AFTER LANDING. INSTRUCTOR TOLD HIM TWICE THAT HE "HAD THE AIRCRAFT," BUT THE STUDENT FROZE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT, AND WHEN THE STUDENT FINALLY ADDED LEFT RUDDER, IN A COMBINATION WITH THE INSTRUCTORS INPUT, IT WAS ENOUGH TO UPSET THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TILTED FORMWARD AND LEFT, STRIKING THE PROP. DAMAGE WAS MINOR. COUNSELED BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT.