# NTSB BFO88FA025: Cessna 150E, N6202T, Mitchellville, MD, March 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1988, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Mitchellville, MD
- Coordinates: 38.949748, -76.729423 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9497&lon=-76.7294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11360
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88FA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11360/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88FA025

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flt control syst,wing flap control - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT ELECTED TO INITIATE THE FLT EVEN THOUGH THE FLAPS MALFUNCTIONED DURING THE PREVIOUS FLT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PLT WAS UNABLE TO KEEP THE FLAPS IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. THE PLT HAD NOT BEEN FEELING WELL ON THE MORNING OF THE FLT AND FELT WORSE AS THE FLT PROGRESSED. BECAUSE HE WAS ILL, THE PLT DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT. PRIOR TO TAKEOFF HE HAD DECIDED HE WOULD LAND ON RWY 36 IF THE FLAPS WERE INOP. ON TAKEOFF WINDS WERE FROM 270 DEG BUT HAD SHIFTED TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST DURING THE FLT. THE PLT WAS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH WANTING TO LAND THE ACFT BECAUSE HE WAS ILL THAT HE FAILED TO ADJUST HIS A/S FOR A NO-FLAP LANDING. THE ACFT FLOATED 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY BEFORE THE PLT INITIATED THE ABORTED LANDING. THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN. A SPRING WAS FOUND ON THE FLAP HANDLE BTWN THE ROD AND RELEASE BUTTON. PERSONS INTERVIEWED DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF WHERE THE SPRING CAME FROM. THE FLAPS OPERATED PROPERLY DURING POST ACCIDENT TESTING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6202T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6202T-1990-09-26), registration cancelled 1990-09-26, S/N 15060902 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15860902
- Airframe hours: 5233
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Andrei Klimenko
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, September 4, 1987, 32 hours before
- Airport: W00, Freeway, runway 36, 2,150 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 96 total, 96 in this make and model, 51 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F

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.

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