LAX82DA354

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150M · Cottonwood, AZ · September 23, 1982

Accident · No injuriesFinal report

Date: September 23, 1982, 13:41 local (20:41 UTC)
Place: Cottonwood, AZ
Injuries: 2 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N3556VCessna 150M
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed · report September 23, 1983
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19820923048999A
Case key: 70356

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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.

Loss of control - in flightLanding

Airspeed - misjudgedPilot in commandFactor

Distance - misjudgedPilot in commandFactor

Aborted landing - performedPilot in commandFactor

Go-around - initiatedPilot in commandFactor

Raising of flaps - not selectedPilot in commandCause

Stall - inadvertentPilot in command

In flight collision with terrain/waterLanding

Analysis

The plt overshot his approach & added full power for a go-around. The flaps were not retracted & the acft stalled.

Aircraft

Registration: N3556V
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 15076546
Airframe hours: 3,061
Engine: Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Personal · Part 91
Operator: Precision Mach. Egrng.
Registered owner: Precision Mach. Egrng.
Departed: C · Phoenix, AZ
Destination: Cottonwood, AZ
Airport: P52 · Cottonwood, runway 32, 4,250 × 75 ft, asphalt

N3556VRegistration cancelled Nov 30, 1988 · Cessna 150MS/N 15076546 Airframe modelCessna 150M

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Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

Role: Pilot
Age: 56
Certificate: Commercial
Airplane ratings: Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
Instrument ratings: Airplane
Medical: Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Flight hours: 276 total · 125 as pilot in command

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 300° at 10 knots
Visibility: 40 statute miles
Temperature: 225 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19820923048999ACessna 150M · Cottonwood, AZToo high on first approach aircraft settled into rough desert on go around. 107 degress and full flaps were factorsSep 23, 1982 · N3556V · Substantial damage