Cessna 150 N6960F

Summary

On 1 February 2016 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N6960F, operated by Ronald O. Holcomb, LLC., was involved in an accident near Lapeer, Michigan, 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

1 February 2016 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lapeer, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Dupont-Lapeer (D95)

Coordinates

43.0672, -83.2722

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N6960F

Category

Airplane

Year built

1966

Engines

1

Operator

Ronald O. Holcomb, LLC.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lapeer → Lapeer

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA16CA123

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to achieve an adequate climb rate while turning to avoid obstacles during an aborted landing, resulting in an uncontrolled descent, collision with terrain, and a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The owner of the airplane reported that the solo student pilot told him that the airplane "bounced upon touchdown." He further reported that the solo student pilot executed a "go-around," and "determined the climb out rate was insufficient to clear the trees and the airspeed and altitude were insufficient to permit a safe course adjustment to avoid the tree line." The airplane touched down on a field with "plowed soft soil," the nose wheel collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing, the vertical stabilizer, and the rudder. The owner did not report any preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.