# Accident 20090111001459A: Cessna 150L, Sellersburg, IN, January 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2009, 13:45 local time
- Place: Sellersburg, IN
- Airport: Clark Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3656° N, 85.7383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3656&lon=-85.7383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N778ME, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N778ME-2018-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 5 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090111001459A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS FLIGHT WAS TO BE AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE STUDENT PERFORMED A NORMAL TAKEOFF.  AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED INTO THE WING AND ENTERED A STALL.  THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, ATTEMPTING A RECOVERY.  HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST.  THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT BOUNCED THE FIRST TIME, ATTEMPTED TO PLACE THE AIRCRAFT IN A LANDING ATTITUDE, AND REDUCED POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL MORE TIMES BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT TO A REST.  THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVACUATED.

## 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 CEN09CA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA131), Jan 11, 2009: Cessna 150M (N778ME), Sellersburg, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude. An additional cause was the flight instructor's delayed remedial…

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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