- Date
- May 5, 1992, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Benton, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23506Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920505013319A
- Case key
- 18489
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his improper compensation for crosswind. A factor was the crosswind.
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 takeoff following a hard touch and go landing control was lost and the airplane collided with trees. One witness observed the previous touch and go to be similarly hard followed by a bounce back into the air and a perceived difficulty with the cross wind. This witness reported that following the landing the airplane assumed a steep nose high attitude, near a stall, prior to impact with the trees tail first. The airplane cut a swath approximately 200 yards long through the trees prior to ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23506
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068998
- Airframe hours
- 1,917
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Wells Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- John Wells Aviation Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- M99
- Destination
- M99
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20 total · 19 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 65 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.