- Date
- May 18, 2023, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Genoa, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6840FCessna 150F
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230518007399A
- Case key
- 192209
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported, that while landing, a “huge downdraft hit the plane” and “dropped the plane quickly and very low.” She attempted a go-around; however, the airplane was not “able to generate enough lift”, and she lost control. The airplane landed in the grass next to the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. She also recalled hearing the stall warning before contacting the ground. The pilot reported a loss of electrical power to the radios. She added there were no anomalies or malfunctions with respect to the flight controls or engine that would have precluded a normal go-around maneuver.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6840F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063440
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 3,043.6
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C747 LLC, doing business as Na
- Registered owner
- C747 LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2023
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 30IS · Aero Lake Estates Airport, runway 20, 2,800 × 40 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 44
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 14, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 104.5 total · 104.5 in this make and model · 24.9 as pilot in command · 24.7 in the last 90 days · 9.6 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- KDKB, 16 nm away
- METAR
- KDKB 181855Z AUTO 15011G16KT 10SM CLR 21/08 A3003 RMK AO2 T0211008
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6840F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.