Cessna 150M N6405K

Summary

On 14 February 1999 at about 19:17 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N6405K was involved in an accident near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. One person was 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

14 February 1999 at 19:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Baton Rouge Metropolitan (BTR)

Coordinates

30.5390, -91.1293

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N6405K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW99LA082

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate approach airspeed which resulted in a excessive descent rate and hard landing and the pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 19 hour student pilot failed to maintain an adequate approach airspeed which resulted in a hard landing. The student pilot stated that on final approach he noticed his airspeed was low so he added power. Subsequently, the airplane impacted the runway hard, bounced and veered to the left side of the runway where it impacted a runway marker sign. The airplane slid across grassy terrain and came to rest upright on another runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.