- Date
- July 9, 1993, 20:30 local (Jul 10, 1993, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ontario, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10050Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930709023739A
- Case key
- 41734
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's failure to maintain proper clearance. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot in command's delayed go around.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor pilot, accompanied by a student pilot, was demonstrating a simulated power out landing to an agriculutural field. During the go around maneuver, the aircraft's right wheel impacted an irrigation wheel at an elevation of approximately 6 feet above ground. The aircraft's right wheel separated from the strut. The instructor pilot subsequently returned the aircraft to the originating airfield, executing a successful landing.
Factual narrative
On July 9, 1993, at approximately 2030 hours mountain daylight time (MDT), a Cessna 150L, N10050, registered to J. C. Pitts Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Ontario Flight Service, and being flown by James C. Erickson, a certificated commercially rated flight instructor, sustained substantial damage when it collided with irrigation equipment during a go around approximately 5 nautical miles northwest of Ontario, Oregon. The pilot in command and accompanying student under instruction were uninjured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight, which was instructional in nature, was to have been operated in accordance with the requirements set forth in 14CFR91, and originated from the Ontario Airport at approximately 2010 hours.
The instructor reported that he was demonstrating a simulated power out landing (ELP) to an open field. He stated that during the go around maneuver following the practice ELP, the aircraft's right main landing gear impacted an irrigation wheel at an estimated elevation of 6 feet above ground. The aircraft's right wheel separated from the strut at the impact. The instructor then returned the aircraft to Ontario and executed a successful landing on runway 32.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10050
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074761
- Airframe hours
- 3,880
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- J. C. Pitts Avtn Inc., doing business as Ontario Flight Service
- Registered owner
- J. C. Pitts Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 25, 1993 · 72 hours before
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.