# NTSB BFO95LA009: Cessna 150D, N5962T, Paducah, KY, October 30, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 30, 1994, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC) - Place: Paducah, KY - Coordinates: 37.009002, -88.579696 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0090&lon=-88.5797&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 31, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9013 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO95LA009 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9013/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA009 ## Probable cause The student pilot's failure to maintain proper alignment and the certified flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown - proper alignment - not maintained, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - aircraft parked/standing ## Analysis THE CFI AND HIS STUDENT WERE PRACTICING SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF AND LANDINGS WHEN ON SHORT FINAL THE AIRPLANE SANK BELOW THE GLIDEPATH. THE CFI APPLIED POWER AND AS THE AIRPLANE FLARED THE LEFT WING DROPPED. RUNWAY ALIGNMENT WAS NOT MAINTAINED CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO ANGLE OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDE WITH TWO PARKED AIRPLANES. ## Factual narrative On Sunday, October 30, 1994, at 1720 central standard time a Cessna 150 airplane, N5962T, collided with parked aircraft while landing at Farrington Airport near Paducah Kentucky. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot were uninjured. The airplane received substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The airplane, being flown on an instructional flight was operated by Farrington Aircraft Corporation under 14 CFR 91. The flight was conducted as practice for short field takeoff and landings. The CFI and student pilot had completed four short field takeoff's. The forth landing proceeded normally with flaps set at 40 degrees and an approach speed of 58 mph. The CFI stated that at 200-300 feet agl the airplane was below the glide path and that he added power. The CFI further noted that 100 feet from the threshold the airplane was about 15 feet agl with an indicated airspeed of 55 mph. The CFI stated that upon flaring the airplane the left wing began to dip. He then stated that he took control of the airplane and simultaneously added full right aileron, deflected the rudder and added power. The airplane did not respond and landed with a heading about 35 degrees left of the runway azimuth. The airplane continued off the runway through a shallow ditch and collided with two parked airplanes. According to a Federal Aviation Administration safety inspector "inspection of the cable connections to the ailerons revealed them to be connected, but slack due to the bent wings." The safety inspector further stated "A review of the aircraft records indicate N5962T was airworthy." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5962T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5962T-1999-03-01), registration cancelled 1999-03-01, S/N 15060662 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D - Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 600794A - Airframe hours: 2817 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Farrington Acft Corporation, doing business as Farrington Acft Corp - Registered owner: Farrington Acft Corporation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 29, 1994, 48 hours before - Departed: KY29 - Destination: KY29 - Airport: KY29, Farrington Airpark, runway 22, 2,915 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 31; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,205 total, 300 in this make and model, 876 as pilot in command, 190 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 120° at 5 knots - Visibility: 12 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: PAH, 13 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19941030036899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941030036899A), Oct 30, 1994: Cessna 150D, Paducah, KY, Substantial damage. Low and slow landing. Dipped wing. CFI took over too late landed off runway struck two parked aircraft. ## Other investigations on N5962T (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 FTW67F0010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67F0010), Jun 3, 1966: Cessna 150D (N5962T), Midland, TX, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.