# NTSB CEN13CA087: Cessna 150F, N8000S, Red Oak, IA, November 20, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 20, 2012, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Red Oak, IA
- Coordinates: 41.010833, -95.258613 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0108&lon=-95.2586&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 29, 2013
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO Des Moines
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85724
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN13CA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85724/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85724
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA087

## Probable cause

The loss of control while landing due to the solo student pilot's delay to execute a go-around and his improper control inputs during a bounced landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000/cases.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02040000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150F, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2071814), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot was on the third leg of a VFR solo cross country flight. His intent was to do a touch-and-go landing and then return to his initial departure airport. During his first and second approaches, he executed go-around maneuvers due to what he described as turbulence when the airplane came into ground effect. During the third approach, he landed to the left of centerline and the airplane began to skid to the left. The student pilot stated that he applied the wrong rudder correction and the airplane went off the runway. He added power to try to pull up and the right wing stalled. The left wing hit the ground and the airplane came to rest nose down in a bean field adjacent to the runway. Both wings sustained substantial damage. The student pilot had a total of 25 flight hours in the airplane, with 4.2 hours as pilot-in-command (solo). The wind was calm at the time of the accident. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction or abnormalities.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot was on the third leg of a VFR solo cross country flight. His intent was to do a touch-and-go landing and then return to his initial departure airport. During his first and second approaches, he executed go-around maneuvers due to what he described as turbulence when the airplane came into ground effect. During the third approach, he landed to the left of centerline and the airplane began to skid to the left. The student pilot stated that he applied the wrong rudder correction and the airplane went off the runway. He added power to try to pull up and the right wing stalled. The left wing hit the ground and the airplane came to rest nose down in a bean field adjacent to the runway. Both wings sustained substantial damage. The student pilot had a total of 25 flight hours in the airplane, with 4.2 hours as pilot-in-command (solo). The wind was calm at the time of the accident. Postaccident examination of the airplane did not reveal any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction or abnormalities.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8000S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8000S-2018-03-29), registration cancelled 2018-03-29, S/N 15061600, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061600
- Airframe hours: 7206
- Engines: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Call One Inc
- Registered owner: Call One Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 18, 2012
- Departed: SDA, Shenandoah, IA
- Destination: RDK, Red Oak, IA
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: RDK, Red Oak Municipal Airport, runway 17, 2,901 × 60 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: RDK

## 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 20121120027759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121120027759A), Nov 20, 2012: Cessna 150F, Red Oak, IA, Substantial damage. The accident happened on the student pilot's first solo cross country flight. Upon landing, the aircraft veered left off runway 17 then became airbourne and…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 19, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=85724. 4.0 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396380&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Student Pilot Statement to FAA Inspector (item 2, .PDF, 25 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396381&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Student%20Pilot%20Statement%20to%20FAA%20Inspector-Redacted.PDF
- FAA Inspector Statement (item 3, .PDF, 54 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40396382&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=FAA%20Inspector%20Statement-Redacted.PDF

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