- Date
- August 16, 1995, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- North East, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5774ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950816024199A
- Case key
- 39031
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Probable cause
The student pilot's delay in initiating an aborted landing and his failure to attain obstacle clearance.
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 stated that he returned from the practice area and landed. '...on landing, the roll out became erratic, and decided to add power and take off again. Tried to clear the trees at the end of the runway. Hit the top of trees with propeller and fell to the ground.' Postaccident examination by the FAA revealed no anomalies with the airplane. Additionally, the student pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures. The student pilot had a total flight time of approximately 18 hours, of which 6 were solo.
Factual narrative
On August 16, 1995, about 1100 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150, N5744E, was substantially damaged, when it collided with trees during a go-around, at the Moorehead Airpark, North East, Pennsylvania. The student pilot received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight. There was no flight plan for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In the NTSB form 6120.1/2, the pilot stated:
Returning form practice area and landed. On landing, the rollout became erratic, and decided to add power and take off again. Tried to clear the trees at the end of the runway. Hit the tip of trees with propeller and fell to the ground.
The pilot further stated that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane.
In a witness statement by the student's flight instructor, he stated, "...At the hospital [the student pilot] told me he decided to go-around, and by the time he did, [he] didn't have enough room to clear the trees."
Postaccident examination by the FAA Inspector revealed no anomalies with the engine or airframe. Additionally, the flaps were found in the retracted position.
The student pilot had a total flight time of approximately 18 hours, of which 6 consisted of solo flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5774E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Moorehead, Bonnie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 15, 1995 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- PA08
- Airport
- PA08 · Moorehead Airpark, runway 26, 2,085 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.