# Accident 20190316000499A: Cessna 150H, Talkeetna, AK, March 16, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2019, 15:20 local time
- Place: Talkeetna, AK
- Airport: Talkeetna Ap
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.3331° N, 150.0786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.3331&lon=-150.0786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7095S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7095S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 50 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC19LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190316000499A

## Narrative

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

THE CFI (PILOT) WAS CONDUCTING AN INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT LESSON TO A NEW STUDENT. SHE ADDED THAT SHE WAS IN

THE RIGHT SEAT AND THE STUDENT WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT DURING THE FIRST TAKEOFF RUN, CONDENSATION FORMED ON THE AIRPLANE'S WINDSCREEN, SO SHE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND TAXIED BACK TO THE END OF RUNWAY 1 FOR A

SECOND ATTEMPT, USING ALL 3,500 FEET OF AVAILABLE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY PULLED THE YOKE BACK AND BECAME AIRBORNE. AFTER BECOMIMG AIRBORNE, THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP IN AN EXCESSIVE ATTITUDE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE PILOT PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FULL FORWARD TO LOWER THE NOSE, WHICH RESULTED IN NO CHANGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE. SHE THEN ASKED THE STUDENT FOR ASSISTANCE IN HOLDING THE YOKE FORWARD WHILE THE PILOT ADJUSTED THE TRIM FULL NOSE DOWN. WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN THE NO CHANGE TO THE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THEN OBSERVED THE APPROACHING TREE LINE AHEAD, AND UNABLE TO CORRECT THE

NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE OF THE AIRPLANE, SHE REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER TO CONTROL HER RATE OF DESENT INTO THE TREES.THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN THE TREES AFTER WHICH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITTED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES.

## 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 ANC19LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19LA015), Mar 16, 2019: Cessna 150 (N7095S), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of pitch control for an undetermined reason, which resulted in a collision with terrain during an emergency landing.

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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