- Date
- July 22, 1993, 06:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hanford, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7457GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930722025109A
- Case key
- 27984
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors related to this accident were the pilot's poorly planned approach, failure to maintain the proper glide path, delay in raising the flaps, and the improper use of the carburetor heat.
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 student pilot was executing touch and go takeoffs and landings. While on final approach the student pilot failed to maintain the proper glidepath and got too low and executed a go around. The airplane was configured with full flaps and the carburetor heat was on. The student pilot added power without turning off the carburetor heat and the airplane pitched up. He then retracted the flaps without success. The airplane stalled and crashed about 1/4 mile short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7457G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074661
- Airframe hours
- 6,210
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Navy Lemoore Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Navy Lemoore Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 28, 1993 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- NLC · Lemoore, CA
- Airport
- O18 · Hanford Municipal, runway 32, 3,660 × 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.