# NTSB SEA92LA065: Cessna 150L, N5294Q, Ione, WA, April 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 8, 1992, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Ione, WA
- Coordinates: 48.689579, -117.29026 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6896&lon=-117.2903&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41646
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41646/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA065

## Probable cause

AN INADVERTENT STALL AS A RESULT OF THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RAISE THE FLAPS DURING A GO-AROUND.

## 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)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

FOLLOWING AN UNSUCCESSFUL APPROACH DURING WHICH THE FLAPS WERE FULLY EXTENDED THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND MANEUVER BY APPLYING 'FULL POWER' AND 'PULL(ING) THE NOSE UP.' SHE REPORTED HEARING THE STALL WARNING AND STATED THAT SHE 'TRIED TO TIP THE NOSE OVER TO GET MORE LIFT' DURING WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THEN TERRAIN. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5294Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5294Q-1995-02-02), registration cancelled 1995-02-02, S/N 15073194 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073194
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Anderson, Christine
- Registered owner: Anderson, Christine
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 2, 2000, 40 hours before
- Departed: GEG, SPOKANE, WA
- Airport: ION, Ione Municipal, runway 33, 4,200 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 20 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 23 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GEG, 70 nm away

## 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 19920408009219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920408009219A), Apr 8, 1992: Cessna 150L, Ione, WA, Destroyed. Began go around with flaps down. Usable climb speed. Drifted and stalled into trees and ground.

## Other investigations on N5294Q (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 SEA76DYG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG30), Jan 17, 1976: Cessna 150L (N5294Q), Ellensburg, WA, 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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