- Date
- December 12, 1987, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Portland, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5995GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871212070209A
- Case key
- 7690
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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.
Analysis
The student plt rptd that the airplane veered off the rt side of the rwy into a ditch while ldg in x-wind conditions. The student plt estimated that the wind velocity was 10 KTS with gusts to 20 KTS. The student rptdly had about 32 hrs total flt experience, which included about 6 hrs total PIC (solo) time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5995G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071495
- Airframe hours
- 4,992
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Portland General Aviation, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1987 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- 1M5 · Portland Muni, runway 19, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 32 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.