- Date
- January 26, 1992, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Ft Mojave, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23455Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920126001099A
- Case key
- 27546
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Probable cause
An inadequate annual inspection performed by other maintenance personnel. Contributing to this accident was the flap cable failure due to corrosion.
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
The solo student pilot was practicing touch and go landings and takeoffs. On the third and final landing with the flaps extended a force pulled the airplane to the right. The pilot applied power and simultaneously retracted the flaps. During the initial climb the left wing stalled and the airplane descended, uncontrolled, struck the ground and cartwheeled, coming to rest right-side-up. Examination of the wreckage disclosed that the left flap was partially extended and the right flap was retracted. The examination also revealed that the left flap cable failed before the impact and the fracture surface was corroded and frayed. The last annual inspection was performed 1 year before the accident but the airplane had flown only 37 flight hours since the inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23455
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068959
- Airframe hours
- 4,283
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Carroll, Aurelia & Charles C.
- Registered owner
- Carroll, Aurelia & Charles C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1991 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- EED · Needles, CA
- Airport
- AZ06 · Sun Valley, runway 36, 3,700 × 42 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 71 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.