# NTSB LAX94LA044: Cessna 150, N9231U, Las Vegas, NV, November 13, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 13, 1993, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC) - Place: Las Vegas, NV - Coordinates: 36.160152, -115.429397 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1602&lon=-115.4294&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 13, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 28598 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX94LA044 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28598/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA044 ## Probable cause the student pilot's failure to execute a go-around, premature flare, and improper use of the flight controls. Factors related to this accident are the student pilot's lack of total experience and diverted attention. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - flare - premature, pilot in command (cause) - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis WHILE COMPLETING HIS THIRD SUPERVISED SOLO LANDING, THE STUDENT PILOT OBSERVED AN AIRPLANE ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RUNWAY PREPARING TO TAKEOFF. THE STUDENT PILOT FAILED TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND, FLARED TOO SOON, AND LOST CONTROL UPON LANDING. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY. ## Factual narrative On November 13, 1993, at 1440 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna 150, N9231U, lost control and veered off the left side of runway 18 at the Las Vegas-Henderson Sky Harbor Airport (L15), Las Vegas, Nevada. The noncertificated student pilot was conducting his first supervised solo visual flight rules instructional flight. The airplane, operated by ProFlight, Las Vegas, was substantially damaged. The noncertificated student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight originated at L15 at 1400 hours. The student pilot was completing the third landing of his first supervised solo flight. The airplane departed the left side of runway 18 about 800 feet from the threshold. The operator submitted the required Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1/2, on December 12, 1994. The student pilot stated that while landing on runway 18 an airplane was in position to takeoff from runway 36. This situation, together with two other helicopters flying low at the west side of the airport, frightened him. The student pilot said that he "...flared too soon and overcorrected." The airplane settled in the desert. The operator indicated in the accident report that the airplane did not experience any mechanical malfunctions or failures. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9231U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9231U), registered now, S/N 15078181, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 78181 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Proflight - Registered owner: Hossler, James D. - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Provisional (Special); Standard, Normal - Airport: L15, Henderson Sky Harbor, runway 18, 5,000 × 50 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 43; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 3 knots - Visibility: 50 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: LAS ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19931113052259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931113052259A), Nov 13, 1993: Cessna 150M, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Student upset by other traffic on first solo. Flared high drifted over corrected. Settled in desert. From the NTSB's public API. 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