- Date
- April 3, 1991, 11:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Decatur, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2204JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910403008279A
- Case key
- 23318
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Probable cause
The instructor's inadequate supervision and the student's failure to relinguish controls.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a training flight, the student pilot was attempting a landing with crosswind. During the landing flare the student lost control of the airplane and it began to exit the runway. The student pilot attempted to abort the landing by adding full power and carburetor heat. The left main landing gear touched down and the airplane bounced. During the recovery, the instructor pilot attempted to take control of the airplane; however, the student pilot would not yield the control. The airplane impacted trees next to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2204J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065404
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, Patrick R.
- Departed
- 1F9 · Bridgeport, TX
- Airport
- 8F7 · Decatur, runway 17, 2,550 × 60 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 18 in this make and model · 296 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2204J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.