20071008829819A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Palmyra, PA · October 8, 2007

Date
October 8, 2007 · 17:30 local
Place
Palmyra, PA
Airport
Reigle Field
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6252K
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC08CA010
Reported as
Cessna 150M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
710 total25 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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) Student pilot was landing on rwy 31, CFI recognized student as being high and fast. CFI took over the controls and told the student to follow him through on the controls. CFI touched down half way down the runway (1600 ft length), bounced once and then added full power to go-around. The aircraft touched back down on the runway and veered to the left, departing the runway. The aircraft contacted a cornfield approximately 100 yds from where it departed the runway. The nose gear departed the aircraft, the nose-gear shock strut dug into the ground flipping the aircraft on its back, where it came to rest.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS LANDING ON RWY 31, CFI RECOGNIZED STUDENT AS BEING HIGH AND FAST. CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND TOLD THE STUDENT TO FOLLOW HIM THROUGH ON THE CONTROLS. CFI TOUCHED DOWN HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY (1600 FT LENGTH), BOUNCED ONCE AND THEN ADDED FULL POWER TO GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 100 YDS FROM WHERE IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, THE NOSE-GEAR SHOCK STRUT DUG INTO THE GROUND FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS BACK, WHERE IT CAME TO REST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.