Redlands Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Redlands, California 92374
Tuesady, September 6, 2011 10:05 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The flight instructor reported that, during a solo training flight, which included an unusual attitude recovery from an aborted landing, he told the student pilot to set up the approach. As the airplane entered the landing flare, the flight instructor pitched the airplane for a higher-than-normal attitude to simulate a balloon effect. Once the airplane started to “slow/stall,” the flight instructor told the student pilot to perform a go-around. The student pilot advanced the throttle full forward, but it took “a full second” for the engine to achieve full power, and, by that time, the airplane had stalled and was left of the runway centerline. The flight instructor took the controls and corrected the airplane to the right. The airplane subsequently struck the runway in a left-wing-low attitude, bounced two times, and came to rest adjacent to the runway. A witness to the accident reported that the engine was producing power at the time of the accident.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and failure to maintain airplane control while performing a simulated aborted landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 9/6/2011
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1005
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Redlands
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92374
Event Date Year 2011
Event Date Month 9
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 340506N
Event Location Longitude 1170846W
Event Location Airport Redlands Municipal Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID REI
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 1571
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 951 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 100
Weather Observation Facility ID SBD
Elevation of weather observation facility 1159
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 4
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 10000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Few
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 31
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.94
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 33195
NTSB Notification Source FAA AWP Operations Center
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 8 2014 12:47PM
User who most recently changed record colg-i
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4649L
NTSB Number WPR11LA443
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 152
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 15284206
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type Unknown
Aircraft Owner Name SKY GATE AVIATION INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 8775 AERO DR STE 328
Aircraft Owner City SAN DIEGO
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 92123-1756
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Accelerated 360
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City Redlands
Operator State CA
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 92374
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board Yes
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code REI
Departure City Redlands
Departure State CA
Departure Country USA
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code REI
Destination City Redlands
Destination State CA
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Sep 5 2014 4:49PM
User who most recently changed record colg-i
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 26
Runway Length 4505
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --