As would be expected in an airplane widely used as a trainer, our review of the 100 most recent accidents involving the Cessna 150/152 series found that 38 were landing-related. A breakdown of those numbers revealed some interesting details: There were two pilots who couldn’t get stopped on the available runway—quite a feat for an airplane with massive flaps and a slow approach speed.
There were 17 runway loss of control (RLOC) accidents—a number we think is low for a trainer. To us, that indicates excellent control authority and ground handling in crosswinds. We note that at least three of those accidents were in tailwheel-converted machines. We’ve observed that the handling qualities of the various conversions (and how we’ll they are carried out) can vary widely.