- Date
- December 21, 1982, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lynchburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11181Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821221064919A
- Case key
- 71522
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperFactor
Aborted landing - performedFactor
Go-around - initiatedFactor
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft was observed on final drifting right. It then rolled sharply to the left back towards the trees south of rwy 28. The acft pulled up to a steep climb into a left turn & disappeared over the trees. The acft was found nose down in a vertical position on the ground in between trees. Winds were gusting 16K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11181
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075241
- Airframe hours
- 4,528
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Falwell Avia. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Falwell Avia. Inc.
- Departed
- Martinsville, VA
- Destination
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Falwell, runway 28, 2,900 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Temperature
- 106 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.