Cessna 150J N61130

Summary

On 9 July 1982 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N61130, operated by Piasa Wings, Inc., was involved in an accident near Alton, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 July 1982 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Civic Memorial (ALN)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N61130

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Piasa Wings, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Alton → Alton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82DA249

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) WERE DEPARTING ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE IP RETARDED THE THROTTLE TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT LOWERED THE NOSE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED, THEN PREMATURELY RAISED IT AGAIN. THE IP TOOK CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT. JUST BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN, THE IP RAISED THE NOSE TO ABSORB THE SHOCK ON THE MAIN GEAR. HOWEVER, THE TAIL ALSO CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND WAS DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.