# Accident 20210903015259A: Cessna 150L, Fort Lauderdale, FL, September 3, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2021, 17:48 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1982° N, 80.1722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1982&lon=-80.1722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65987, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65987-2023-04-22) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 402 total, 3 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210903015259A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1748 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150L, N65987, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ON A 14 CFR 91 TRAINING FLIGHT, ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27, AT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE (KFXE), FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THEN BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 10? AGL, THE CFI RATED PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED, THE RIGHT WING MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, THEN LEFT WING, AND PROCEEDED TO DIG THE NOSE GEAR INTO THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 27, CAUSING A PROPELLER GROUND STRIKE, SUBSEQUENTLY SHEARING OFF THE NOSE GEAR AND FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN. BOTH OCCUPANTS (CFI AND STUDENT PILOT) WERE UNINJURED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS A TOTAL LOSS.

## 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 ERA21LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA381), Sep 3, 2021: Cessna 150L (N65987), Fort Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s loss of airplane control during an attempted go around maneuver, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, and subsequent impact with the runway.

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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