ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 387493
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| Date: | Thursday 10 August 2000 |
| Time: | 14:55 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | John Schwetje |
| Registration: | N103DP |
| MSN: | 15069248 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3584 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Moriches, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (O00) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
With the student pilot in the left seat, and the private pilot in the right seat, the airplane departed on a local flight. Upon returning to the airport, the student pilot completed the downwind and base leg portions of the traffic pattern. On final, the airplane was high, and the pilot selected full flaps for the student pilot. The airplane crossed the threshold, and continued to float down the runway. The student pilot flared the airplane, it went out of alignment with the runway, and then touched down hard in a nose high attitude. The pilot announced he had the controls, and aborted the landing, but he did not reposition the flaps. The airplane reached approximately 200 feet agl before descending into the trees. The pilot reported no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have contributed to the accident. According to the pilot's operating handbook, in a balked landing, the wing flaps setting should be reduced to 20 degrees immediately after full power is applied.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a climb during climbout. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to reconfigure the flaps for the aborted landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC00LA224
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2024 09:32 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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