# NTSB CHI96LA019: Cessna 150M, N63566, Centralia, IL, October 25, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 25, 1995, 16:05 local (21:05 UTC) - Place: Centralia, IL - Coordinates: 38.519168, -89.120079 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5192&lon=-89.1201&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 19, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 10141 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI96LA019 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/10141/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA019 ## Probable cause the pilot's improper use of flaps leading to the inadvertant stall. ## 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) - flaps - improper use of, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled ## Analysis THE PILOT REPORTED LANDING LONG. REALIZING THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY REMAINING TO COME TO A SAFE STOP, HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. TO AVOID THE CORNFIELD AHEAD OF HIM, THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO 20 DEGREES. BELIEVING HE STILL DID NOT HAVING ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO AVOID THE CORNFIELD, THE PILOT 'INCREASED PITCH AND RETRACTED THE REMAINING FLAPS.' 'THE AIRCRAFT STALLED' AND IMPACTED IN THE CORNFIELD. THE PROCEDURE FOR A GO-AROUND IN THIS AIRPLANE, TAKEN FROM THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK, READS, 'UPON REACHING A SAFE AIRSPEED, FLAPS SHOULD BE SLOWLY RETRACTED TO THE FULL UP POSITION.' EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATED NO MECHANICAL ANOMALIES WITH THE AIRPLANE WHICH COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT. ## Factual narrative On October 25, 1995, at 1605 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 150M, N63566, piloted by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage when after takeoff the airplane stalled and subsequently impacted the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The flight was operated under 14 CFR Part 91. A flight plan was not on file. The pilot reported no injuries. The airplane was on a local flight which took off from Centralia, Illinois, at 1556 cdt. In his written statement, the pilot reported landing long on runway 09, a grass runway. Realizing that he did not have enough runway remaining to come to a safe stop, the pilot elected to "take off again." The airplane bounced back into the air when it crossed the slightly-raised intersection of runway 18-36. "There was a cornfield ahead." In an attempt to avoid the cornfield, the pilot added full power and retracted the flaps to 20 degrees. He believed he did not have enough altitude to avoid the cornfield, so the pilot "increased pitch and retracted the remaining flaps." "The aircraft stalled, the left wing dropped," and the airplane impacted in the cornfield. The procedure for a balked landing (go-around) climb, taken from the Cessna 150M Pilot's Operating Handbook, is to reduce the wing flap setting "to 20 degrees immediately after full power is applied. Upon reaching a safe airspeed, flaps should be slowly retracted to the full up position." The FAA inspector who examined the wreckage reported no mechanical anomalies with the airplane which could have contributed to the accident. The pilot is a foreign national from India. He obtained his private pilot's certificate in the United States on September 25, 1995. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records of the pilot's private pilot certificate number currently indicate "pending." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N63566](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63566-2017-06-21), registration cancelled 2017-06-21, S/N 15077399, built 1975 (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: 15077399 - Airframe hours: 5400 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Airgo, Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 12, 1995, 52 hours before - Departed: ENL - Airport: ENL, Centralia Municipal, runway 9, 2,750 × 100 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 151 total, 134 in this make and model, 88 as pilot in command, 130 in the last 90 days, 68 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 10 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 28 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: MVN, 16 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 19951025034479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951025034479A), Oct 25, 1995: Cessna 150M, Centralia, IL, Substantial damage. Landed long. Began go around. Stalled in climbing turn after dumping flaps.(-23) the airman attempted a downwind landing on runway 09 at the Centralia… ## Other investigations on N63566 (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 MIA77DLA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DLA23), Mar 25, 1977: Cessna 150 (N63566), Hillard, FL, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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