Cessna 150L accident near Godley, TX
On May 16, 2024, a Cessna 150L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Godley, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 16, 2024
- Place
- Godley, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.390°N, 97.546°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240516194266
Official records · CEN24FA188
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn May 15, 2024, about 2039 central daylight time, a Cessna 150L airplane, N1701Q, was destroyed during an accident near Godley, Texas. The student pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 solo instructional flight. According to available ADS-B track data, at 1948:44, the airplane was in a climb after takeoff from runway 15 at Cleburne Regional Airport (CPT), Cleburne, Texas. The airplane entered a right traffic pattern for runway 15, completed one landing, and then flew south-southeast of CPT, as shown in figure 1. At 1959:10, the airplane turned west and flew over Lake Pat Cleburne before it turned south-southwest. Between 2001:55 and 2004:40, about 5 nautical miles (nm) south-southwest of CPT, the airplane completed a series of left and right 360° turns between 3,200 and 3,300 ft mean sea level (msl) before it continued south-southwest. At 2007:30, the airplane turned west-northwest and continued climbing to a maximum altitude of about 4,100 ft msl. At 2011:40, the airplane entered a descent from 4,100 ft msl while it continued west-northwest. At 2014:04, the airplane leveled off at 3,300 ft msl. At 2015:01, the airplane entered a climb while it continued west-northwest. At 2017:00, the airplane turned west as it climbed to about 4,000 ft msl. Between 2018:25 and 2022:15, about 4 nm south-southeast of Granbury, Texas, the airplane completed a series of descending left and right turns. After the turns, the airplane continued to descend as it flew east-northeast toward the Brazos River near DeCo
Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control while practicing a power-on stall, which resulted in an inadvertent spin at an altitude from which he was unable to recover.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
