# NTSB CHI82DA249: Cessna 150J, N61130, Alton, IL, July 9, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Alton, IL
- Location: 38.8899° N, 90.0460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS RGNL (ALN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8899&lon=-90.0460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69753
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69753/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA249

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - simulated, other crewmember
  - go-around - premature, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadvertent use, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) WERE DEPARTING ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE IP RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT LOWERED THE NOSE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, THEN PREMATURELY RAISED IT AGAIN. THE IP TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN, THE IP RAISED THE NOSE TO ABSORB THE SHOCK ON THE MAIN GEAR. HOWEVER, THE TAIL ALSO CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N61130](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61130), registered now, S/N 15070823, 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: 15070823
- Airframe hours: 2704
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Piasa Wings, Inc.
- Registered owner: Max Welch
- Departed: ALN, ALTON, IL
- Destination: ALN, ALTON, IL
- Airport: ALN, Civic Memorial, runway 11, 6,500 × 0 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,640 total, 30 in this make and model, 1,535 as pilot in command, 220 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F

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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