- Date
- January 21, 1989, 13:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Napa, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22988Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890121002559A
- Case key
- 26328
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Probable cause
The cfi's delay in aborting the takeoff, leading to a loss of directional control.
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 an instructional flight, the student's approach resulted in a touchdown 300 feet beyond the threshold. The instructor told student to go-around. Flap retraction and power application were delayed. With 350 feet left on the runway, the instructor took over and aborted the takeoff. The instructor tried to exit the runway via a taxiway, however the airplane ran into a ditch. Student had 34 hrs flight experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22988
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068664
- Airframe hours
- 2,028
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillip R. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Airport
- APC · Napa Co., runway 18L, 2,500 × 75 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
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,372 total · 1,278 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.