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MIA95LA007

1994-10-21 · ORMOND BEACH, Florida, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport OMN

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING, RESULTING IN AN ON-GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL, AND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

Factual narrative

On October 21, 1994, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N18539, registered to Ormand Beach Aviation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at the Ormand Beach Municipal Airport. The airplane was sustained substantial damage, and the student pilot reported minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Ormond Beach Municipal Airport about 30 minutes before the accident. The student pilot stated he was landing on runway 8 with 30 degrees of flaps between 60 to 65 mph. On roundout, the airplane touched down twice, bounced up on the left main gear, cartwheeled to the left, and collided with the terrain. The student pilot stated he was landing to runway 08. On roundout, the airplane touched down two times, bounced up on the left main gear, cartwheeled to the left, and collided with the terrain. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1994_MIA95LA007.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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