- Date
- July 21, 1987, 20:30 local (Jul 22, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Edmund, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45648Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870721043569A
- Case key
- 7491
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The CFI stated that he was having the pre solo student make a crosswind ldg after an hours practice at another apt. The student was using the slip method to correct for the crosswind. Touchdown was with a side load on the gear and the acft bounced. The CFI stated that he called for full pwr and either he or the student applied it. He called for the flaps to be retracted to 20 degrees and noted that the student had left the switch up. The CFI set some flaps and thought they had clrd the trees when he heard the acft brush limbs. The acft settled into the trees and came to a stop upside down.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45648
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-77005
- Airframe hours
- 3,560
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G. A. Ellsworth D. Ellsworth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 24, 1987 · 91 hours before
- Airport
- SC24 · Falcon Field
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,378 total · 40 in this make and model · 4,177 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE, 6 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.