Cessna 150K N6412G

Summary

On 10 June 2013 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 150K registered N6412G, operated by Flight Instructor, was involved in an accident near Morrilton, Arkansas, 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

10 June 2013 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Morrilton, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Morrilton Municipal Airport (BDQ)

Coordinates

35.1361, -92.7136

Aircraft

Cessna 150K

Registration

N6412G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Flight Instructor

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Morrilton → Morrilton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA342

1 person had minor injuries.

The flight instructor's inadequate training and oversight of the student pilot, which resulted in the noncertificated student pilot's loss of control during landing.

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

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The noncertificated student pilot's flight instructor had the student pilot performing touch-and go-landings during her first solo flight. During the student pilot's second touch-and-go landing, the airplane veered off the runway and subsequently nosed over while the flight instructor was talking to her over the radio, which likely increased her taskload. Typically, flight instructors have students practice full-stop landings during their first solo flights because such landings allow ample time for correcting any errors and help prevent student pilots from becoming overwhelmed. One flight training reference states that touch-and-go landings should never be performed during a student's first solo flight. The majority of the student pilot's training was in takeoffs and landings, and training logbook entries indicated that she was not in compliance with the minimum regulatory presolo training requirements. Further, during postaccident interviews, the student pilot stated that she did not know what many of the maneuvers she had performed during her flight training were called, which exemplified a lack of a solid and fundamental understanding of these maneuvers. The student pilot only held an airman medical certificate, which the flight instructor had endorsed on the back for the solo flight; she did not hold a student pilot certificate. The airplane was not equipped nor was it required to be equipped with a shoulder harness, which might have mitigated injuries to the student pilot when the airplane impacted terrain and nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.