- Date
- September 11, 1985, 08:58 local (15:58 UTC)
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3926UCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850911047229A
- Case key
- 24833
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While practicing stop and go takeoffs and landings, the solo student plt flared too high on the second landing and lost directional control. The plt applied power to negotiate a go around. The nose ptiched up and the acft stalled. The acft contacted the gnd on its main wheels and bounced. The left wing contacted the runway causing the aircraft to exit the runway environment. The acft came to rest right side up on the left side of the runway in the dirt. The winds were calm at the time of the accident. The student plt had accumulated 24.8 total flight hours in the accident aircraft make and model 1.7 hours were obtained as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3926U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061326
- Airframe hours
- 6,086
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Midfield Aviation
- Registered owner
- Marvin Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- APV · Apple Valley, CA
- Airport
- APV · Apple Valley, runway 36, 6,500 × 150 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 248 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 248 in the last 90 days · 172 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.