Cessna 150L N11916

Summary

On 23 November 1984 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N11916 was involved in an accident near Murphy, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 November 1984 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Murphy, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.0906, -84.0206

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N11916

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Andrews → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85LA042

2 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CFI AND STUDENT PLT INITIATED A GO-AROUND FROM A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING WHEN THE ENG FAILED TO RESPOND TO THE APPLICATION OF POWER. IN ORDER TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH TREES THE CFI TURNED RIGHT TOWARDS A CORN FIELD. GROUND IMPACT OCCURRED RIGHT WING LOW IN THE CORN FIELD. THE CFI STATED THAT THE GO-AROUND WAS BEGUN AT ABOUT 500 FT AND THAT A WIND SHEAR YAWED THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT DURING THE FLARE. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, THE GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED AT ABOUT HANGAR-TOP ALT AND THAT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED AS THE RIGHT WING DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THE ENG WAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST RUN FOR 20 MINS UP TO A MAX RPM OF 2350.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.