# NTSB CHI91LA203: Cessna 150G, N51306, Big Rapids, MI, June 26, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 26, 1991, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Big Rapids, MI
- Coordinates: 43.700843, -85.480239 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7008&lon=-85.4802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI91LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15109/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91LA203

## 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

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - pull-up - abrupt, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51306), registered now, S/N 15069911, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069911
- Airframe hours: 5274
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910626024329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910626024329A), Jun 26, 1991: Cessna 150G, Big Rapids, MI, Substantial damage. Wind gust lifted wing on final. Student began nose high go around,stalled and crashed off downwind side of runway.

## Other investigations on N51306 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI76FEI16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEI16), Dec 17, 1975: Cessna 150 (N51306), Elyria, OH, substantial damage

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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