- Date
- June 19, 1990, 13:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9348UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900619022119A
- Case key
- 8249
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain directional control upon landing and subsequent premature rotation of the airplane during the go-around attempt. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings during his first unsupervised solo flight. After his third or fourth landing, the airplane veered to the left and towards a hangar. He initiated a go-around and rotated prematurely, stalling the airplane. The airplane collided with the ground in a nose low attitude. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9348U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073297
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- East Tennessee Pilot'S Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- TN98 · Sky Ranch, runway 36, 1,713 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 2 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.