# NTSB CHI86LA020: Cessna 150L, N7447G, Ashland, OH, October 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 26, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Ashland, OH
- Location: 40.9030° N, 82.2556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHLAND COUNTY (3G4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9030&lon=-82.2556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13378
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13378/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA020

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - pull-up - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7447G-2006-12-20), registration cancelled 2006-12-20, S/N 15074659, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074659
- Airframe hours: 6131
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851026054239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851026054239A), Oct 26, 1985: Cessna 150L, Ashland, OH, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, struck the left wing on the ground and cartwheeled during this second solo flight.

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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