- Date
- November 12, 2002, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Logan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7198FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Salt Lake City Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20021112030659A
- Case key
- 56056
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Probable cause
The pilot's premature flare and his failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in a stall. A contributing factor was the dusk light conditions.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said "I think I flared too high and it was taking me more time than [sic] usual to land and then everything went wrong." He said the airplane stalled and impacted the ground. Subsequently, the left aileron was damaged, the outboard right wing tip (2 feet) was bent up, the upper wing skin was wrinkled the full length, and the lower wing skin was wrinkled for the last outboard 5 feet. According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, official sunset was at 1710 mountain standard time. The pilot stated in his accident report that dusk light conditions existed at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On November 12, 2002, at approximately 1645 mountain standard time, a Cessna 150F, N7198F, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during an attempted go-around at Logan-Cache Airport, Logan, Utah. The student pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airplane was being operated by a private individual under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the cross-country, solo, instructional flight that had originated approximately 1 hour before the accident from Heber Valley, Utah. The pilot had filed and activated a visual flight rules flight plan.
The pilot said "I think I flared too high and it was taking me more time than [sic] usual to land and then everything went wrong." He said the airplane started drifting to the right and he decided to do a go-around. The pilot said that the airplane stalled and impacted the ground. The outboard right wing tip (2 feet) was bent up, the upper wing skin was wrinkled the full length, the lower wing skin was wrinkled for the last outboard 5 feet, and the left aileron was damaged,
According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, official sunset was at 1710 mountain standard time. The pilot stated in his accident report that dusk light conditions existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7198F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063798
- Airframe hours
- 5,007
- Engine
- Continental O-200A42, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Larry Pierce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 2002 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 36U · Heber, UT
- Destination
- LGU · Logan, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LGU · Logan/Cache, runway 35, 5,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 18
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 53 total · 53 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.36 inHg
- Observed at
- LGU
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7198F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.