# NTSB NYC96LA025: Cessna 150J, N51197, Norwood, MA, November 13, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 13, 1995, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC) - Place: Norwood, MA - Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWOOD MEML (OWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 27, 1996 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 39122 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC96LA025 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39122/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC96LA025 ## Probable cause the student's inadvertent use of the mixture control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision during the final approach resulting in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the subsequent nose over during the forced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - fluid,fuel - starvation - mixture - inadvertent deactivation, dual student (cause) - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - Forced landing, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - Nose over, emergency landing - terrain condition - grass ## Analysis During the final approach, the instructor told the student to reduce engine power. According to the instructor, ' . . . instead of pulling the power back, he pulled the mixture control knob all the (way) back. I failed to catch his mistake in time.' The instructor did a forced landing and the aircraft landed short of the runway and nosed over. The student had 7 hours of total time. ## Factual narrative On November 13, 1995, about 1410 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150J, received substantial damage when it nosed over, during a forced landing, at the Norwood Memorial Airport, Norwood, Massachusetts. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. 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 flight instructor stated: ...Everything was just fine until short final. We were a little high, so I told my student to decrease the power. Instead of pulling the power back, he pulled the mixture control knob all the [way] back. I failed to catch his mistake in time....I looked at his hand and saw the mixture full lean. I pushed it back in and tried restart....The engine wouldn't [start]....I tried...to glide the plane to the runway but...we were too low and slow....I decided to put the plane down on the grass before the runway....As soon as the nose gear came down...it snapped. When the nose gear snapped, the nose fell and the plane flipped over.... ## Aircraft - Registration: [N51197](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51197-1997-05-21), registration cancelled 1997-05-21, S/N 15069833 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J - Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15069833 - Airframe hours: 5950 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Norwood Air - Registered owner: Leanen And Pilgrim Inc DBA - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility - Last inspection: Annual, October 14, 1995, 54 hours before - Departed: OWD - Airport: OWD, Norwood Memorial, runway 35, 4,007 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 21; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 400 total, 70 in this make and model, 280 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 39 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OWD ## 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 19951113036489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951113036489A), Nov 13, 1995: Cessna 150J, Norwood, MA, Substantial damage. Student pulled mixture to idle cut off instead of throttle. CFI failed to note until engine quit. CFI landed short. From the NTSB's public API. 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