- Date
- March 23, 1983, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7538GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830323009049A
- Case key
- 6035
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft stalled, spun and collided with trees during an attempted go-around. The pilot had flown locally for about 1 hour doing stalls and touch and go landings. The accident occurred following a landing that was planned as a full stop landing. The landing was fast and the acft touched down after using about one third of the runway. The pilot was holding the nose up to dissipate speed. With about 1000 feet of runway left the acft became airborne again and the pilot aborted the landing. Full power was applied and the flaps were raised. The acft cleared obstacles at the end of the runway but lost airspeed in doing so and spun right into trees and the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7538G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074696
- Airframe hours
- 3,963
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John P. Dehart
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 1982 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- NC41 · Sky Manor, runway 8, 3,610 × 85 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificate
- Military
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 568 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.