- Date
- June 22, 1985, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Griffith, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10239Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850622027029A
- Case key
- 13105
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - prematureFactor
Directional control - not maintainedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Go-around - not performedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
On the student's third approach, he was observed to flare the acft too high. The acft drifted off to the side of the rwy and nosed down until it collided with the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10239
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074823
- Airframe hours
- 4,551
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Griffith Aviation
- Registered owner
- Sierra Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- O5C · Griffith, runway 26, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
N10239Registration cancelled Jun 13, 2013 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.