# NTSB FTW84LA229: Cessna 150L, N5457Q, Seymour, TX, May 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1984, 09:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place: Seymour, TX
- Coordinates: 33.590335, -99.250556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5903&lon=-99.2506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21331
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21331/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA229

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - fence
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE 27 HOUR STUDENT PLT ABORTED HIS LANDING WHEN THE ACFT BEGAN TO BALLOON. THE PLT RETRACTED THE FLAPS AND THE ACFT SETTLED HARD ONTO THE RWY AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. THE PLT REACTED BY PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE AND INADVERTENTLY APPLIED LEFT AILERON WHEN HE LEANED LEFT TO VISUALLY CHECK THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5457Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5457Q-2017-06-19), registration cancelled 2017-06-19, S/N 15073357, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073357
- Airframe hours: 3195
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edward Boyd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 4, 1984, 2 hours before
- Airport: 60F, Seymour Municipal, runway 35, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840505018669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840505018669A), May 5, 1984: Cessna 150L, Seymour, TX, Destroyed. Student pilot allowed aircraft to balloon during touch and go landing, crash occurred during attempted goaround.

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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