# Accident 20250408006539A: Cessna 150F, Zeeland, MI, April 8, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2025, 08:53 local time
- Place: Zeeland, MI
- Airport: Ottawa Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8172° N, 85.9279° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8172&lon=-85.9279&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6561F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6561F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- 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: 264 total, 5 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250408006539A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 8, 2025, AT 0854 EDT, A CESSNA 150F AIRCRAFT, REGISTERED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DURING A TRAINING FLIGHT IN ZEELAND, MICHIGAN. THE FLIGHT, OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 141, WITHOUT A FILED FLIGHT PLAN. FORTUNATELY, BOTH THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE CFI WERE UNINJURED.

DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPT ON RUNWAY 2, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND OVERTURNED, COMING TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT, ^MR. HELBING CONVENED A CONFERENCE CALL WITH RFH, REC, AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO GATHER INSIGHTS FROM THE PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE. THE CFI RECOUNTED THE FLIGHT, NOTING THAT THEY HAD PRACTICED VARIOUS MANEUVERS BEFORE APPROACHING THE LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS IN CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ATTEMPTS BUT FACED CHALLENGES, SUCH AS BEING TOO HIGH ON APPROACH AND ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLOW EXCESSIVELY.

THE CFI INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO INCREASE POWER AND EVENTUALLY TOOK CONTROL TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE CONTROLS FELT UNUSUALLY HEAVY, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE STUDENT'S INADVERTENT RESISTANCE, WHICH HINDERED THE CFI'S ABILITY TO RECOVER THE AIRCRAFT EFFECTIVELY. THE SITUATION DETERIORATED RAPIDLY, LEADING TO THE IMPACT. DESPITE THE INCIDENT, BOTH THE CFI AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY.

## 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 CEN25LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA147), Apr 8, 2025: Cessna 150F (N6561F), Zeeland, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the go-around which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and entering an aerodynamic stall at a low…

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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