- Date
- May 15, 1990, 20:00 local (May 16, 1990, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chakachamna, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9477UCessna C-150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900515022569A
- Case key
- 5380
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to properly survey the landing area and ensure the appropriate width for his airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot-in-command landed on a road uneventfully; he then performed a high speed taxi to a parking area and during the taxi, brush on both sides of the road was striking the outer portions of both wings. The brush on the left side of the airplane stopped and the brush on the right side caused the airplane to veer to the right off the road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9477U
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078425
- Airframe hours
- 7,733
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy Houck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 23, 1989 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- NONE
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,335 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,198 as pilot in command · 166 in the last 90 days · 62 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.