Cessna 150F N8840S

Summary

On 31 July 2024 at about 00:15 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8840S, operated by Blue Thunder Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Castroville, Texas, United States. 2 people were 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

31 July 2024 at 00:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Castroville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Castroville Municipal Airport (CVB)

Coordinates

29.3419, -98.8509

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8840S

Category

Airplane

Year built

1965

Engines

1

Operator

Blue Thunder Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Castroville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN24LA297

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain proper airplane pitch control and airspeed during the go-around, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings with a gusting left crosswind when the airplane bounced upon touchdown on the runway. The pilot reported he increased the throttle to takeoff power for a go-around, but the airplane drifted off the right side of the runway and entered an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude. The airplane came to rest upright in a crop field adjacent to the runway with substantial damage to both wings and the left aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.