# Accident 20190912012999A: Cessna 150L, Memphis, TN, September 12, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2019, 08:45 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2011° N, 90.0539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2011&lon=-90.0539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21979, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21979-2021-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 55 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA543) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190912012999A

## Narrative

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

* ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 APPROX. 0845^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN A CESSNA-150.

* ON THE FINAL APPROACH THAT LED TO THE CRASH THE STUDENT CAME IN A LITTLE HIGH BUT MADE ALL THE APPROPRIATE CORRECTIONS

*^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLARED VERY HIGH.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTING HER ON HOW TO RECOVER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PITCHED UP FURTHER.

*AT THAT POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND VERY SLOW. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR  TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND APPLYING FULL POWER AND RETRACTING THE FLAPS.

* THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT. AND WAS UNABLE  TO REGAIN ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO GET OUT OF GROUND EFFECT BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND.

* AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN STORM DRAIN.

* AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR AND ENGINE DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT.

* BOTH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE ABLE TO DEPART THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 GAA19CA543](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA543), Sep 12, 2019: Cessna 150 (N21979), Memphis, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and impact with terrain.

## Other reports on N21979 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910714033169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910714033169I), Jul 14, 1991: Cessna 150L (N21979), Stafford, KS. Aircraft ran out of fuel on a crosscountry flight. Forced landing in a hay field.

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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