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Flora, IL
The student pilot and flight instructor were praticing takeoffs and landings. The first two landing attempts were high. On the third attempt, the student dove for the runway then raised the nose of the airplane abruptly. The instructor took control and attempted to salvage the landing. Witnesses stated the landing was made 2500 feet down the 4000 foot runway. The instructor then attempted to abort the landing. Witnesses stated the airplane never got higher than 20 feet on the attempted abort. The airplane struck a power pole off the end of the runway. The runway used was 03. The wind was from the southwest at 10-15 knots. The instructor had 3 hours of instructor time.
the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor. A factor related to the accident was the lack of total experience in this type operation by the flight instructor.
On May 27, 1993, at 1500 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N714AN, sustained substantial damage when it struck a power pole during an aborted landing at the Flora Municipal Airport, Flora, Illinois. The certified flight instructor and the student pilot aboard the airplane both received minor injuries. The local instructional flight originated at the Flora Airport at 1445. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The flight instructor and student were attempting to practice takeoffs and landings on runway 03. Witnesses reported the wind to be from the southwest at 10-15 knots. The instructor stated the student had discontinued two approaches and on the third approach dove for the runway then pulled the nose up. The instructor took control of the airplane and attempted to land. She reported: "We landed on one wheel, out of control on the ground, so my reaction was to add full power, pick up the flaps, and get it back in the air." Witnesses reported that the airplane landed about 2500 feet down the runway, and that it never climbed any higher than 20 feet on the aborted landing before it struck a power pole off the departure end of the runway. The flight instructor had accrued 3 hours of instructor time, and reported 233 hours total flight time.