# Accident 20051108029109A: Cessna 150F, Mesa, AZ, November 8, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2005, 14:54 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4303° N, 111.7109° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4303&lon=-111.7109&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8903S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8903S-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,744 total, 61 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051108029109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TOUCH AND GO ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ALTITUDE DURING CLIMB. APPROX. 1 MILE OFF THE END OF THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND ATTEMPTED LANDING IN A PARK PARKING LOT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT (OWNER), SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLAPS WERE SELECTED "UP" DURING THE TOUCH AND GO WHILE ON THE RUNWAY BY THE STUDENT, HOWEVER THE FLAPS DID NOT RETRACT AND NEITHER PILOT REALIZED THIS UNTIL THEY WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF ALTITUDE AND HAD NO RUNWAY REMAINING. THE FLAP MOTOR FUSE WAS FOUND TO BE BLOWN.

## 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 LAX06LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA029), Nov 8, 2005: Cessna 150F (N8903S), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the flap motor fuse that rendered the flaps inoperable during a critical phase of flight. Factors in the accident were the lack of suitable terrain to perform an emergency landing and…

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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