FTW83LA249

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150M · Oklahoma City, OK · May 26, 1983

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
May 26, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
Place
Oklahoma City, OK
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N66245Cessna 150M
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report November 6, 2001
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19830526021259A
Case key
20914

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Probable cause

The Certified Flight Instructor's delayed remedial action which resulted in the dual student stalling the airplane.

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.

UndershootApproach - vfr pattern - final approach
Terrain condition - groundFactor
Airspeed(vso) - not maintainedDual studentCause
Lack of recent total experienceDual studentCause
Remedial action - not performedPilot in command(cfi)Cause
Instructions,written/verbal - inadequatePilot in command(cfi)Cause
Supervision - inadequatePilot in command(cfi)Cause
Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Flare - misjudgedDual studentCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperDual studentCause
Remedial action - delayedPilot in command(cfi)Cause
Nose gear collapsedLanding - flare/touchdown
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor

Analysis

The acft landed hard short of the rwy on the nosegear and bounced. As the acft bounded the CFI attempted to regain control but the acft impacted the ground left wing first and slid to a stop 100 ft down the rwy and 20 ft to the left ofthe rwy. According to the CFI the student wanted to approach at 60 mph because of previous instructors teachings and he desired her to 'fly at 70 mph until the rwy was made.' The student continued at 60 mph flared too high, and stalled prior to reaching the rwy.

Aircraft

Registration
N66245
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
15075949
Airframe hours
2,822
Engine
Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
FAA Flying Club
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Unknown · September 13, 1982
Departed
PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
Airport
F29 · Page, runway 17L, 3,500 × 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
52
Certificates
Flight instructor, Commercial
Airplane ratings
Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
Instrument ratings
Airplane
Medical
Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Right
Flight hours
1,077 total · 30 in this make and model · 797 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
180° at 7 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
82 °F, dew point 57 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.