- Date
- December 12, 1990, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Willard, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60840Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901212056489A
- Case key
- 8364
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing his airplane and his failure to raise the flaps after landing. This resulted in his inability to decelerate during the landing roll. A factor in the accident was the rough, uneven runway condition.
Analysis
The pilot elected to fly his airplane to a friend's farm rather than the local airport. Since there was no airstrip at the farm, the pilot and the farm owner obtained a fire truck and drove it back and forth over a plowed dirt field to make a landing surface. The pilot then flew his airplane over to the farm for landing. Upon touchdown, he could not lower the nosewheel to the ground due to the rough, uneven centerline. He also forgot to raise his flaps upon landing. The airplane collided with the fire truck, which was parked at the end of the 'runway'. It then struck an iron bar and another vehicle before coming to a stop. The pilot reported that he had landed on similar surfaces about 80 times before. An FAA inspector reported that the entire runway surface was very rough, with ruts, holes, and tire tracks.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60840
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070614
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hakkinen, Hannu T.
- Departed
- ACZ · Wallace, NC
- Airport
- NONE · None
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 540 total · 400 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.