- Date
- April 1, 1991, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Pollocksville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45150Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910401010949A
- Case key
- 8389
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin.
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 private pilot was on his first light airplane flight in about four months. During climbout following a simulated power-out approach, the airplane stalled and entered a right-hand spin. The pilot neutralized the controls; however, the airplane impacted the terrain before full recovery could be made. The pilot reported that at the time of the stall, the airplane was at a 10 degree nose high pitch attitude with about 45 degrees of bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45150
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076756
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Air East, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Air East, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- EWN · New Bern, NC
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWN, 10 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.