- Date
- November 26, 1989, 08:23 local (13:23 UTC)
- Place
- Westfield, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704WXCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891126046719A
- Case key
- 36587
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Probable cause
Loss of control during landing due to an improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing. A factor relating to the accident was the lack of total experience of the student pilot.
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 student pilot in the Cessna 150 was instructed to make a short approach and he landed hard, bounced into the air, stalled and lost control, striking the runway and veering off the side. The student pilot said he felt rushed by the controller, however, he failed to identify himself as a student pilot or make any indication to the controller that he could not complete the short approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704WX
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078942
- Airframe hours
- 4,235
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charis Air Corp.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 9, 1989 · 29 hours before
- Airport
- BAF · Barnes, runway 33, 5,000 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.