# NTSB SEA05CA167: Cessna 150L, N6743G, Kellogg, ID, August 5, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 4, 2005, 17:00 local (Aug 5, 2005, 00:00 UTC) - Place: Kellogg, ID - Coordinates: 47.549446, -116.188613 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5494&lon=-116.1886&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 27, 2005 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 62170 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05CA167 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62170/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05CA167 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to follow the correct go-around procedure during landing by advancing the power too rapidly and not repositioning the flaps to the required 20 degree position. Factors include a crosswind and high density altitude. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr) - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor) - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor) ## Analysis The student pilot, who was practicing soft-field landings and takeoffs, was on final for his second touch-and-go when he got slightly low after setting the flaps at 30 degrees. He therefore added power and did not add the last 10 degrees of flaps, and this resulted in the aircraft being in an "appropriate" position on final. As he touched down in a slight crosswind, the aircraft bounced back into the air and drifted to the right side of the runway. Since at that time, the aircraft was heading off of the runway surface, the pilot elected to execute a go-around. To initiate the go-around, the pilot rapidly advanced the throttle, and the aircraft's engine momentarily coughed and sputtered, and the aircraft began to settle back toward the ground. The pilot continued the go-around, but turned back toward the runway. As he turned back toward the runway, the engine's performance increased to full power, but the aircraft's right wing dropped and contacted the terrain, followed almost immediately by the nosewheel impacting the dirt area alongside the runway. During the go-around, the pilot did not reposition the flaps to the 20 degree position as called for in the Pilot's Operating Handbook. It was also determined that the density altitude at the time was approximately 5,100 feet. ## Factual narrative On August 4, 2005, approximately 1700 pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N6743G, impacted the terrain during an attempted go-around at Shoshone County Airport, Kellogg, Idaho. The student pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, but the aircraft, which is owned and operated by the pilot, sustained substantial damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal proficiency flight, which began about 15 minutes prior to the accident, and had remained in the traffic pattern at Shoshone Airport, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed. According to the student pilot, who was practicing soft-field landings and takeoffs, he was on final for his second touch-and-go when he got slightly low after setting the flaps at 30 degrees. He therefore added power and did not add the last 10 degrees of flaps, and according to the pilot, this resulted in the aircraft being in an "appropriate" position on final. As he touched down in a slight crosswind, the aircraft bounced back into the air and drifted to the right side of the runway. Since at that time, the aircraft was heading off of the runway surface, the pilot elected to execute a go-around. To initiate the go-around, the pilot rapidly advanced the throttle, and the aircraft's engine momentarily coughed and sputtered, and the aircraft then began to settle back toward the ground. The pilot elected to continue the go-around, but turned back toward the runway. As he turned back toward the runway, the engine's performance increased to full power, but the aircraft's right wing dropped and contacted the terrain, followed almost immediately by the nosewheel impacting the dirt area alongside the runway. During the investigation it was determined that at the beginning of the go-around, the pilot did not reposition the flaps to the 20 degree position as called for in the Pilot's Operating Handbook. It was also determined that the density altitude at the time was approximately 5,100 feet. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6743G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6743G-2005-11-30), registration cancelled 2005-11-30, S/N 15072243, built 1970 (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: 72243 - Engines: Continental O-200 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Scott L. Hall - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: S83, Kellog, ID - Destination: S83 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 44; student; medical: class 3; flight hours: 58 total, 43 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## 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 20050804016099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804016099A), Aug 4, 2005: Cessna 150L, Kellogg, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman (student pilot) was conducting landings at a field elevation of 2223 MSL, with an approximate OAT of 95 degrees, for a density altitude of… ## Other investigations on N6743G (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 SEA78FTI14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FTI14), May 16, 1978: Cessna 150 (N6743G), Hamilton, MT, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.