- Date
- June 26, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Big Rapids, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51306Cessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626024329A
- Case key
- 15109
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Probable cause
The stall/mush which occurred during the go-around. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's abrupt pull-up maneuver.
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.
Analysis
A solo student pilot established on final approach initiated a go around just before touchdown. A witness observed the airplane bank sharply left, climb steeply to 30 feet and stall. No mechanical malfunction or failure was reported or discovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51306
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069911
- Airframe hours
- 5,274
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- David P. Bordano
- Registered owner
- David P. Bordano
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1991 · 95 hours before
- Airport
- 77D · Roben-Hood, runway 27, 4,300 × 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 70 total · 70 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 45 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.
Other investigations on N51306 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.