- Date
- April 11, 1987, 12:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Branchville, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8960SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870411010499A
- Case key
- 7406
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Analysis
The plt reported that the acft appeared to be 'hot' on final approach due to a tailwind, while ldg at the private airstrip. He initiated a go-around to avoid 50-60 ft trees at the FAR end of the rwy and made a climbing right turn. The stall warning system activated during the climbing turn. The airstrip owner who witnessed the go-around reported that the turn was steep and nose high, and occurred about half-way down the rwy. The acft pitched nose-down after clearing some high trees to the side of the rwy, and disappeared from his sight. The acft left wing subsequently struck a large dead tree in a pasture and the acft fell to the ground upright. The airstrip owner reported that the winds at the time were calm. The wind 18 NM away at bhm was reported to be from 310 degrees at 4 KTS at 1155 CDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8960S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062260
- Airframe hours
- 4,984
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- GAD · Gadsden, AL
- Airport
- AL57 · Pickett'S Flyin Airport, runway 36, 1,754 × 30 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 240 total · 190 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 18 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.