# NTSB SEA93LA157: Cessna 150L, N10050, Ontario, OR, July 10, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1993, 20:30 local (Jul 10, 1993, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Ontario, OR
- Coordinates: 44.080158, -117.010971 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0802&lon=-117.0110&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41734/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA157

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10050), registered now, S/N 15074761 (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: 15074761
- Airframe hours: 3880
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930709023739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930709023739A), Jul 9, 1993: Cessna 150L, Ontario, OR, Substantial damage. During practice forced landing go around collided with an irrigation wheel. Severed right wheel. Returned to base.

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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