Cessna 150K N5730G

Summary

On 21 November 1999 at about 18:22 local time, a Cessna 150K registered N5730G was involved in an accident near Juneau, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 November 1999 at 18:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Juneau, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Juneau International (PAJN)

Coordinates

58.5804, -134.7696

Aircraft

Cessna 150K

Registration

N5730G

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

ANC00LA014

2 people were seriously injured.

An inadvertent stall. Factors in the accident were the instructor pilot's excessive angle of climb, and gusty wind conditions.

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

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The certificated flight instructor pilot and a student pilot departed on a local instructional flight. After several maneuvers, the flight returned to the airport for touch and go landings on runway 08. Following a touch and go, the instructor accelerated the airplane to 110 mph, about 100 feet above the runway. She then began a steeper than normal climb. About 450 to 500 feet, the airplane stalled and entered a spin. The airplane struck shallow water next to the runway. In a telephone interview with an FAA inspector, and in her written statement submitted with the NTSB Pilot/Operator report, the instructor said that during the climb, the airspeed dropped to 72 mph. She said the airplane encountered windshear, the airspeed dropped to zero, and the airplane stalled. In a written statement, the student said the airspeed dropped to 60 mph and the airplane stalled. Thirty minutes before the accident, a METAR at the airport was indicating the wind conditions as 094 degrees at 13 knots, gusts to 20 knots. Ten minutes after the accident, the METAR was indicating the wind as 094 degrees at 15 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.