- Date
- June 21, 1990, 16:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2937VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900621021929A
- Case key
- 11602
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Probable cause
The failure of both pilots (CFI and student pilot) to maintain adequate control of the aircraft during the landing flare and touchdown phase of flight. The student pilot's inexperience was a factor, as was the cfi's inadequate supervision during the dual instructional flight.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The CFI and student pilot were practicing takeoffs and landings in preparation for student solo. Both pilots stated that the student pilot allowed the aircraft to drift left of the centerline during the landing flare. The CFI stated that when she tried to correct the situation, the student 'froze' on the controls. The aircraft landed hard, bounced, and came to a stop, nosed down on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2937V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076328
- Airframe hours
- 8,228
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mideastern Airways
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 6, 1990 · 98 hours before
- Airport
- W36 · Chesapeake Municipal, runway 5, 3,600 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 500 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.