- Date
- October 26, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7447GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851026054239A
- Case key
- 13378
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his second solo flt after he made six landings with his instructor. On the third touch and go the acft hit hard, bounced, stalled, and contacted the rwy in a nose down attitude. The student plt attempted recovery from the hard landing by adding full pwr, retracting the flaps and entering a steep climb. The acft stalled at an alt of aprx 25 ft AGL and descended to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7447G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074659
- Airframe hours
- 6,131
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Treva L. Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1985 · 23 hours before
- Airport
- 3G4 · Ashland County, runway 18, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFD, 40 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.