- Date
- December 8, 1988, 20:00 local (Dec 9, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Walbridge, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714MKCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881208053349A
- Case key
- 7967
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg a dual instructional flt, the student plt made an apch to rwy 22 on a dark night using the VASI. According to the instructor (CFI), the student leveled the acft aprx 8 to 10 ft above the rwy & allowed the airspeed to decay. The CFI warned the student & expected him to make a full-throttle go-around. Believing the acft was about to touch down, the student pulled back on the yoke. Subsequently, the acft ballooned about 5 ft higher in the air. The CFI said he took control just as the left wing stalled. The acft then fell to the rwy, striking the left wing tip & nose gear sideways & damaging the prop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714MK
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079280
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Blue Horizon Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Blue Horizon Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OH17 · Napoleon, OH
- Airport
- TDZ · Toledo/Metcalf, runway 22, 3,665 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 743 total · 253 in this make and model · 588 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.