Cessna 150J N51197

Summary

On 13 November 1995 at about 19:10 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N51197, operated by Norwood Air, was involved in an accident near Norwood, Massachusetts, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 November 1995 at 19:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Norwood Memorial (OWD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N51197

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Norwood Air

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC96LA025

Nobody was injured.

the student's inadvertent use of the mixture control and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision during the final approach resulting in the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation and the subsequent nose over during the forced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the final approach, the instructor told the student to reduce engine power. According to the instructor, ' . . . instead of pulling the power back, he pulled the mixture control knob all the (way) back. I failed to catch his mistake in time.' The instructor did a forced landing and the aircraft landed short of the runway and nosed over. The student had 7 hours of total time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.