# NTSB FTW83LA338: Cessna 150M, N4549Q, Garland, AR, July 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1983, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place: Garland, AR
- Coordinates: 33.310527, -93.749046 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3105&lon=-93.7490&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20978
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA338
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20978/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA338

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - emergency procedure - simulated, check pilot
  - pull-up - initiated, pilot in command
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, check pilot (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT-IN-COMAND (PIC) & THE DESIGNATED FLT EXAMINER (FE) WERE ON A FLT TO GIVE THE PIC A COMMERCIAL PLT FLT EXAM. DURING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING APCH, THE PIC SPIRALED THE ACFT DOWN TO THE PROPOSED LANDING SPOT. THE PROPER CHECK LIST PROCEDURES WERE ACCOMPLISHED & THE ENG WAS CLEARED SEVERAL TIMES. AS THE ACFT CROSSED OVER THE END OF THE FIELD, THE FE INSTRUCTED THE PIC TO GO AROUND. THE PIC APPLIED POWER & PUT THE CARB HEAT IN THE COLD POSITION, BUT STARTED A LOW SPEED TURN WITH THE FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED. THE FE LEVELED THE WINGS & TOLD THE PIC TO GO AROUND AS HE WAS TRAINED. FINALLY, THE FE TOLD THE PIC TO RETRACT THE FLAPS & THE PIC RAISED THEM TO THE 20 DEG POSITION. SUBSQUENTLY, THE ACFT HIT THE TOP OF A TREE, WHICH NEITHER PLT SAW, THEN LOST AIRSPEED & SETTLED INTO LOWER TREES & CRASHED. THE FE NOTED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE ABIDED BY THE MIN ALTITUDE THAT HE HAD ESTABLISHED FOR HIMSELF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4549Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15076950
- Airframe hours: 3508
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Texarkana College
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 21, 1983, 97 hours before
- Departed: TXK, TEXARKANA, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 352 total, 180 in this make and model, 306 as pilot in command, 59 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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