Cessna 150L N6839G

Summary

On 8 July 2005 at about 15:15 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N6839G was involved in an accident near Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 July 2005 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Rocky Ford, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Cottonwood (UNK)

Coordinates

38.0833, -103.6992

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N6839G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rocky Ford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN05LA104

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's misjudged distance/altitude. A contributing factor was the inadvertent flap retraction.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane had a history of uncommanded flap retraction, but an airworthiness inspector could find no anomalies. The pilot took off to practice touch-and-go landings. The first landing, using 20 degrees of flaps, was without incident. On the second landing approach, he used 30 degrees of flaps. The airplane began to settle and the pilot added full power and pulled aft on the control yoke. The airplane landed hard and short of the runway. The pilot closed the throttle. The airplane struck a dirt bank and nosed over. As the pilot climbed out, he noticed the flap indicator "was at about 2 degrees." In a later interview with an FAA inspector, the pilot said no discrepancies were found with the flap system and that it was likely he had inadvertently retracted the flaps.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.