# Accident 20180726018009A: Cessna 150B, Matthews, NC, July 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2018, 18:37 local time
- Place: Matthews, NC
- Airport: Wilgrove Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1603° N, 80.7206° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1603&lon=-80.7206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1193Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1193Y-2019-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150B (registry code 2071806, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 3 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180726018009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

7-27-2018 INVESTIGATED ACCIDENT N1193Y CESSNA 150B SN#15059593. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A CHURCH YARD AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. MATHEWS NC

THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 7-26-2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:37 PM. AN ON DUTY CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE OFFICER IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT. THE OFFICE REPORTED HE OBSERVED A SMALL PLANE TRAVELLING IN A NORTH TO SOUTH DIRECTION. THE PLANE WAS TIPPING ITS WINGS SIDE TO SIDE, LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR, AND FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE PLANE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE.

INTERVIEWED THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT NOT MAKING ENOUGH POWER TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT FLYING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A STEADY DECENT CLEARED THE POWER LINES AT THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT ON ITS BACK.

INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS THAT WOULD CAUSE THE REPORTED LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE

7-30-2018 INTERVIEWED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT THIS OFFICE. REVIEW OF HIS PILOT LOG REVEALED SEVERE TRAINING DEFICIENCIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED HIS STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE

8-6-2018 INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE CHURCH YARD AND ON ITS LANDING GEAR . FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS THAT WOULD CAUSE POWER LOSS.  GASCOLATOR WAS FULL WITH NO WATER EVIDENT. OIL WAS IN THE OPERATING RANGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA18LA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA202), Jul 26, 2018: Cessna 150 (N1193Y), Matthews, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper decision to conduct a solo flight without an endorsement to do so and to perform an off-airport landing based on a perceived performance issue with the airplane.…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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