- Date
- May 17, 1986, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Littleton, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N328MCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860517021169A
- Case key
- 7101
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Vfr procedures - improperFactor
Low pass - performedFactor
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Analysis
PIC made low pass to let friend know he would land at airport for prearranged meeting. PIC reported he was low and slow. When go-around was attempted acft controls were mushy and acft would not climb. Later pilot commented he thought he was on the backside of the power curve.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N328M
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076419
- Airframe hours
- 3,690
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norfolk Navy Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Paul Mccoy Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1985 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- PTB · Petersburg, VA
- Destination
- 4W6 · Norcarva, NC
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 96 in this make and model · 134 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 55 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.