- Date
- June 21, 1994, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hubbard, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N19297Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940621018029A
- Case key
- 41957
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Probable cause
Delayed in flight planning/decision.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flight, the flight instructor took over the controls from the student pilot while on final approach for landing. The instructor applied full power and retracted the flaps to go around, however, the airplane would not climb sufficiently to clear trees. The instructor opted to abort the takeoff and the airplane touched down near the end of the runway and travelled into a fence. There was no evidence found to indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction.
Factual narrative
On June 21, 1994, at 1300 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N19297, collided with a fence after the pilot aborted the go around at the Lendhardt Airpark, Hubbard, Oregon, during the local instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the flight instructor and student pilot were not injured.
The flight instructor reported that the student was practicing short field landings. During the landing approach with 40 degrees of flaps extended, the airplane was approximately half way down the runway when the instructor took over to go around. The flight instructor pushed in full power and retracted the flaps. The flight instructor stated that when he retracted the flaps they did not respond. The airplane was not climbing sufficiently to clear trees and the instructor aborted the go around. The airplane touched down near the end of the runway and travelled into a fence before coming to a stop.
During the on site inspection by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector from the Hillsboro, Oregon, Flight Standards District Office, the inspector reported that the electrical flap system was tested several times and was found to operate within normal parameters.
To this date, the owner/operator has not returned the NTSB Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report form.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19297
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074315
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cougar Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cougar Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 7S9 · Lendhardt Airpark, runway 20, 2,256 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 450 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
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