# NTSB NYC83LA111: Cessna 150L, N10506, Monroeville, PA, May 13, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1983, 19:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Monroeville, PA
- Coordinates: 40.420024, -79.759452 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4200&lon=-79.7595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35181
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35181/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA111

## 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)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO TREES DURING AN ABORTED LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND NO FLTPLAN WAS FILED FOR THIS STUDENT SOLO FLT. THE PILOT HAD SET 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS FOR LANDING, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT HIS POSITION OVER THE RUNWAY AND THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT GEAR FIRST AND BOUNCED TO THE RIGHT GEAR. THE STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER TO GO-AROUND. AT 65 MPH AND CARB HEAT OFF, THE PILOT PULLED THE NOSE UP, LEVELED OFF AND RETRACTED FLAPS. THE PILOT LOOKED OUT AND SAW TREES AND PULLED UP AND COLLIDED WITH THE TREE TOPS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10506](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10506-2013-07-29), registration cancelled 2013-07-29, S/N 15074895, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15074895
- Airframe hours: 2900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Pittsburgh Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1982, 0 hours before
- Departed: MONROEVILLE, PA
- Airport: 4G0, Monroeville, runway 23, 2,280 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 46 total, 39 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19830513019039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830513019039A), May 13, 1983: Cessna 150L, Monroeville, PA, Substantial damage. Struck trees on an attempted go around.

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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