- Date
- June 7, 1985, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Frankenmuth, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5347QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850607023499A
- Case key
- 13094
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Aircraft handling - inadequateFactor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Raising of flaps - not performedCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During the approach power was added & the aircraft was observed to bounce after touchdown. The acft entered a left turn & from about 50 ft AGL was observed to collide with the ground in a nose down attitude. The flaps were found in the down position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5347Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 2,298
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gilbert W. Trato
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 66G · Frankenmuth, runway 9, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 1 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.