- Date
- August 10, 1995, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N19561Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950810028509A
- Case key
- 37812
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper use of flaps during an attempted go-around.
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 flight instructor stated the student pilot was attempting a touch-and-go landing to runway 27 left, and was not maintaining runway alignment. He informed the student pilot that he had the flight controls and initiated a go-around by pushing the carburetor heat in and increasing power. He raised the flaps from 30 degrees to 20 degrees and the airplane collided with the runway.
Factual narrative
On August 10, 1995, about 1500 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N19561, registered to a private owner, leased by Negro Airman International Flying Corporation, Opa Locka, Florida, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at the Opa Locka Airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the commercial-rated flight instructor and student pilot reported no injuries. The flight had originated about 30 minutes before the accident.
The CFI stated that the student pilot was attempting a touch-and-go landing to runway 27 left, and was not maintaining runway alignment. He informed the student pilot that he had the flight controls and initiated a go-around by pushing the carburetor heat in and increasing power. He raised the flaps from 30 degrees to 20 degrees and the airplane collided with the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19561
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1507488
- Airframe hours
- 4,892
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Negro Airman Int. Flying Corp.
- Registered owner
- Asencio Antonio Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 18, 1995 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · FL
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka, runway 27L, 4,308 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 542 total · 150 in this make and model · 411 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.