- Date
- April 26, 1989, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Bern, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1595QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890426011579A
- Case key
- 8023
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and a delayed go-around. Turbulence, wet terrain, and a ditch were contributing factors.
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 pilot was practicing a forced landing with an intended power recovery at 100 ft AGL. He stated that as power was applied to go around, the airplane encountered turbulence at treetop level & the right wing dropped. He applied corrective action, but the airplane settled to a few feet above the ground. He elected to land, but during the landing roll-out on wet terrain, the airplane collided with a ditch & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1595Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072895
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air East
- Registered owner
- Air East
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- EWN · New Bern, NC
- Destination
- EWN
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 82 total · 60 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.