# NTSB CHI93LA183: Cessna 150M, N714AN, Flora, IL, May 27, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: May 27, 1993, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC) - Place: Flora, IL - Coordinates: 38.670722, -88.469764 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6707&lon=-88.4698&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report July 25, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9211 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93LA183 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9211/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93LA183 ## Probable cause the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor. A factor related to the accident was the lack of total experience in this type operation by the flight instructor. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with object, landing - aborted - object - utility pole - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor) - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) ## Analysis The student pilot and flight instructor were praticing takeoffs and landings. The first two landing attempts were high. On the third attempt, the student dove for the runway then raised the nose of the airplane abruptly. The instructor took control and attempted to salvage the landing. Witnesses stated the landing was made 2500 feet down the 4000 foot runway. The instructor then attempted to abort the landing. Witnesses stated the airplane never got higher than 20 feet on the attempted abort. The airplane struck a power pole off the end of the runway. The runway used was 03. The wind was from the southwest at 10-15 knots. The instructor had 3 hours of instructor time. ## Factual narrative On May 27, 1993, at 1500 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N714AN, sustained substantial damage when it struck a power pole during an aborted landing at the Flora Municipal Airport, Flora, Illinois. The certified flight instructor and the student pilot aboard the airplane both received minor injuries. The local instructional flight originated at the Flora Airport at 1445. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight instructor and student were attempting to practice takeoffs and landings on runway 03. Witnesses reported the wind to be from the southwest at 10-15 knots. The instructor stated the student had discontinued two approaches and on the third approach dove for the runway then pulled the nose up. The instructor took control of the airplane and attempted to land. She reported: "We landed on one wheel, out of control on the ground, so my reaction was to add full power, pick up the flaps, and get it back in the air." Witnesses reported that the airplane landed about 2500 feet down the runway, and that it never climbed any higher than 20 feet on the aborted landing before it struck a power pole off the departure end of the runway. The flight instructor had accrued 3 hours of instructor time, and reported 233 hours total flight time. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N714AN](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714AN-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15079028, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15079028 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Vic Ackerson - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Airport: FOA, Flora Municipal, runway 3, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 21; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 233 total, 2 in this make and model, 125 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 190° at 12 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: MWA, 62 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 19930527019029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930527019029A), May 27, 1993: Cessna 150M, Flora, IL, Substantial damage. Tried touch and go in gusty tail wind on third try CFI took over lost control. Tried to go around. Hit light pole. From the NTSB's public API. 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