Cessna 150M N66705

Summary

On 7 May 2006 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N66705 was involved in an accident near Green Valley, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 May 2006 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Green Valley, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Ruby Star (14AZ)

Coordinates

31.9083, -111.1222

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N66705

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Green Valley → Green Valley

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA165

2 people had minor injuries.

the failure of the certified flight instructor to retract the flaps to the proper go-around setting and to attain/maintain an adequate airspeed, which led to a stall/mush.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane veered off the runway during a go-around and descended to a collision with a dirt berm on the airport property. The certified flight instructor (CFI) and student were returning to the airport for a full stop landing. The CFI took control of the airplane on final and setup the configuration for landing with 30 degrees of flaps. A gust of wind caused them to drift off the centerline of the runway. The landing was not assured and the CFI committed them to a go-around. He said he did not raise the flaps because the airplane was continuing to descend. When the flight instructor knew a climb out was not possible, he kept the wings level and pitched the nose to the horizon for best airspeed. When a touchdown on the runway was no longer possible he banked to the left and impacted a dirt pile. The procedures written in the Pilot Operating Handbook state that the wing flap setting should be reduced to 20 degrees immediately after full power is applied on a go-around.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.