- Date
- October 24, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mckinney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6530GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871024060579A
- Case key
- 22586
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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.
Analysis
During flare/touchdown with full flaps the aircraft bounced. The student pilot in an attempt to go-around failed to retract the flaps. The aircraft stalled contacting some trees and subsequently the ground, damaging the left wing, right wing, and the empennage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6530G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072030
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tsmith Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- TKI · Mckinney Muni., runway 17, 2,950 × 40 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °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.