# Accident 20120614012679A: Cessna 150M, Gulf Shores, AL, June 14, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2012, 17:30 local time
- Place: Gulf Shores, AL
- Airport: Jack Edwards Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Z7GS
- Location: 30.2894° N, 87.6717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2894&lon=-87.6717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9119U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9119U-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,426 total, 200 in this make and model, 226 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA396) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120614012679A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 14, 2012, N9119U, A CESSNA 150, WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR A CERTIFICATED 141 PILOT SCHOOL. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR OF FLIGHT TRAINING MANEUVERS, THE STUDENT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PROCEEDED TO KJKA TO LAND. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN STATED THAT THE STUDENT FLARED THE AIRCRAFT HIGH ABOVE THE RUNWAY, WHICH SUBSUQUENTLY LED TO A HARD AND BOUNCED LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR INFORMED THE STUDENT TO GO-AROUND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED FROM THE ATTEMPTED LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN STATED THAT THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER, AND PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE; THE INSTRUCTOR THEN STATED THAT AIRCRAFT PITCH-UP ATTITUDE BECAME EXCESSIVE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP, AILERON, AND WING SPAR. THE AIRCRAFT NOSEWHEEL AND PROPELLER ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 ERA12CA396](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA396), Jun 14, 2012: Cessna 150M (N9119U), Gulf Shores, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flight control inputs and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during the attempted go-around, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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