Cessna 150 N5677E

Summary

On 5 June 2004 at about 15:38 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N5677E, operated by Looker Aviation, was involved in an accident near Benton, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 June 2004 at 15:38

Classification

Accident

Location

Benton, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Saline County Airport/Watts (M99)

Coordinates

34.5564, -92.6067

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N5677E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Looker Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Benton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA149

1 person was seriously injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall during a go-around.

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

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The 38-hour student pilot reported that while performing a go-around, the pilot failed to retract the flaps and the airplane was unable to attain its normal rate of climb. The airplane stalled and collided with trees. The student pilot stated that on final approach, he had selected 40-degrees of flaps. The airplane drifted left of the runway during the approach and the pilot applied full power to initiate a go-around. Subsequently, the student pilot realized he had forgotten to retract the flaps after he noticed a very reduced rate of climb. The pilot retracted the flaps as the airplane continued to drift to the left over the tree line.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.