# NTSB CHI07CA222: Cessna 150J, N5571G, Waldron, MO, July 20, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 19, 2007, 20:30 local (Jul 20, 2007, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Waldron, MO
- Coordinates: 39.230556, -94.804168
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2306&lon=-94.8042&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 30, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA-Kansas City FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66347
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI07CA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66347/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07CA222

## Probable cause

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the go-around.  The cornfield was a factor.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted a cornfield during an attempted go-around.  The student pilot reported that he had returned from a local flight to the practice area and was doing some touch-and-goes on runway 15 (3,000 feet by 30 feet, asphalt) when the accident occurred.  He stated that on the third touch-and-go the airplane "hit hard and bounced."  He elected to execute a go-around.  He applied full power, turned the carburetor heat off, and started retracting the flaps.  However, the airplane "drifted to the left" and "would not gain altitude", and it subsequently impacted a cornfield approximately 200 feet east of the runway.

## Factual narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted a cornfield during an attempted go-around.  The student pilot reported that he had returned from a local flight to the practice area and was doing some touch-and-goes on runway 15 (3,000 feet by 30 feet, asphalt) when the accident occurred.  He stated that on the third touch-and-go the airplane "hit hard and bounced."  He elected to execute a go-around.  He applied full power, turned the carburetor heat off, and started retracting the flaps.  However, the airplane "drifted to the left" and "would not gain altitude."  It subsequently impacted a cornfield approximately 200 feet east of the runway.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5571G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5571G-2008-02-09), registration cancelled 2008-02-09, S/N 15071071, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071071
- Airframe hours: 5119
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 2006
- Departed: 06MO, Waldron, MO
- Airport: 06MO, Noahs Ark, runway 15, 3,000 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 55; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2007; seat: left; flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 7 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.96 inHg
- Observed at: MCI, 5 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 20070719013749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070719013749A), Jul 19, 2007: Cessna 150J, Waldron, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] departed form the uncontrolled airport for his second solo flight at about 1930 central daylight time. It was his first…

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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