# NTSB MIA90LA143: Cessna 150M, N66453, Rockledge, FL, June 23, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1990, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Rockledge, FL
- Coordinates: 28.310266, -80.720504 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3103&lon=-80.7205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 15, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32673
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA90LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32673/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA143

## Probable cause

THE PILOTS FAILURE TO RAISE THE FLAPS AS REQUIRED DURING THE GO-AROUND AND FAILURE TO PLACE THE CARBURETOR HEAT IN THE COLD POSITION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND, THE STUDENT PLT LEFT THE FLAPS IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION & THE CARBURETOR HEAT FULL OUT. A CFI WHO OBSERVED THE FLT STATED THE ACFT STALLED DURING THE ATTEMPTED CLIMB OUT & MUSHED INTO TREES AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66453](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66453), registered now, S/N 15076060, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- 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: 15076060
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Airport: X65, Rockledge Airpark, runway 18, 2,000 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 19 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 41 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: MLB, 12 nm away

## 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 19900623022039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900623022039A), Jun 23, 1990: Cessna 150M, Rockledge, FL, Substantial damage. Student bounced and porpoised landing. Tried to go around with carb heat on and full flaps. Stalled into trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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