# NTSB NYC05CA090: Cessna 150G, N4606X, Willimantic, CT, June 1, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: June 1, 2005, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Coordinates: 41.743888, -72.18
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7439&lon=-72.1800&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, 2005
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA Windsor Locks FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61620
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC05CA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61620/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05CA090

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control while landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence

## Analysis

After takeoff, the student pilot remained in the traffic pattern and intended to practice landings in the tail-wheeled airplane.  During the student pilot's first landing attempt, the airplane bounced, and touched down with a "left crab."  He attempted to straighten the airplane; however, it departed the left side of the runway and struck a fence.  The student pilot reported 40 hours of total flight experience, which included about 30 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  He did not report any mechanical malfunctions.

## Factual narrative

On June 1, 2005, about 1100 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150G, N4606X, was substantially damaged while landing at the Windham Airport, Willimantic, Connecticut.  The student pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local instructional flight.

The student pilot reported that he departed runway 27, a 4,278-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, asphalt runway.  He remained in the traffic pattern and intended to practice landings in the tail-wheeled airplane.  During the student pilot's first landing attempt, the airplane bounced, and touched down with a "left crab."   The pilot attempted to straighten the airplane; however, it departed the left side of the runway and struck a fence.

The student pilot reported 40 hours of total flight experience, which included about 30 hours in the same make and model as the accident airplane.  He did not report any mechanical malfunctions.

Winds reported at the airport, about the time of the accident, were from 140 degrees, at 3 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4606X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4606X), registered now, S/N 15064656, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064656
- Airframe hours: 1766
- Engines: Teledyne Continental O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Joseph Kaulback
- Registered owner: Edward Kaulback
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 2004, 26 hours before
- Departed: IJD, Willimantic, CT
- Destination: IJD
- Airport: IJD, Windham, runway 27, 4,278 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 28; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 40 total, 29 in this make and model, 20 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 21 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,600 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.25 inHg
- Observed at: IJD

## 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 20050601010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050601010629A), Jun 1, 2005: Cessna 150G, Willimantic, CT, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot stated that while practicing wheel landings on runway 27 that he failed to hold the tail up high enough upon touch down and became airborne again.…

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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