- Date
- June 9, 1983, 20:50 local (Jun 10, 1983, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6732SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830609024639A
- Case key
- 33418
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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 flt instructor (CFI) initiated a simulated forced landing at about 500 ft AGL as the acft was climbing during takeoff at night. The student elected to turn downwind for a landing on the departure rwy. When the CFI determined that the student would not be able to reach the rwy, he increased the throttle to 1500 RPM & instructed the student to perform normal full flap landing. Reportedly, the student became argumentive about his judgement & ability concerning the simulated forced landing. The student overshot the base to final turn & the CFI instructed him to go around. Reportedly, the student 'shoved' the throttle full open & raised the flaps, & at the same instant, the eng stalled & the CFI took the controls. Subsequently, the acft hit the ground in a 3-point attitude, aprx 160 ft short of the rwy, & the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6732S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067532
- Airframe hours
- 2,572
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kirkland A. Lewis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- H63 · West Plains, MO
- Airport
- K33 · Salem Mem, runway 17, 2,650 × 30 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,805 total · 415 in this make and model · 1,625 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 31 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.