# NTSB NYC83LA159: Cessna 150, N11394, Nashua, NH, June 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1983, 20:00 local (Jun 30, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35216
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35216/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA159

## 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)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING FULL FLAP LANDINGS DURING A SOLO FLT. WHILE ON A FINAL APPROACH TO LAND, SHE OBSERVED ANOTHER ACFT TAXIING ON THE END OF THE RWY. SO SHE ELECTED TO GO AROUND. AT THAT TIME, THE ACFT WAS ABOUT 25 TO 30 FT AGL. REPORTEDLY, SHE APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT RETRACTED THE FLAPS TO THE FULL UP POSITION. SHE STATED THAT THE ACFT VEERED LEFT & SHE LOST CONTROL, THEN THE ACFT HIT THE GROUND, LEFT WING FIRST. AFTER THAT, THE PROPELLER HIT THE GROUND & THE NOSE GEAR FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11394](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11394-2011-09-09), registration cancelled 2011-09-09, S/N 15075383, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- 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
- Airframe hours: 3938
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Margaret Robin Warren
- Registered owner: Nashua Aviation & Supply Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1983, 38 hours before
- Departed: ASH, NASHUA, NH
- Airport: ASH, Boire, runway 32, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 18 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19830629030679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830629030679A), Jun 29, 1983: Cessna 150L, Nashua, NH, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost control of aircraft as go around was attempted. Left wing hit first and then prop.

## Other investigations on N11394 (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC75DNC23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DNC23), Jan 24, 1975: Cessna 150 (N11394), West Dover, VT, substantial damage

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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