Cessna 150J N5571G

Summary

On 20 July 2007 at about 01:30 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N5571G was involved in an accident near Waldron, Missouri, 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

20 July 2007 at 01:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Waldron, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Noahs Ark (06MO)

Coordinates

39.2306, -94.8042

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N5571G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waldron → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA222

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the go-around. The cornfield was a factor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was substantially damaged when it impacted a cornfield during an attempted go-around. The student pilot reported that he had returned from a local flight to the practice area and was doing some touch-and-goes on runway 15 (3,000 feet by 30 feet, asphalt) when the accident occurred. He stated that on the third touch-and-go the airplane "hit hard and bounced." He elected to execute a go-around. He applied full power, turned the carburetor heat off, and started retracting the flaps. However, the airplane "drifted to the left" and "would not gain altitude", and it subsequently impacted a cornfield approximately 200 feet east of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.