- Date
- May 13, 1991, 21:48 local (May 14, 1991, 01:48 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5519GCessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910513019709A
- Case key
- 8448
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare during the landing. Factors in the accident were the dark night and lack of runway edge lights.
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 said he struck a rock during ldg roll. He had landed in the grass beside the rwy because most of the rwy lights were not functioning. It was a dark night & the available lights caused him to misjudge his final approach, the pilot said. His pax said he could not see the rwy on landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5519G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071019
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- King, William B
- Registered owner
- Wampler, Samuel M
- Airport
- 3A4 · Greensboro Southeast, runway 17, 3,063 × 30 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
- Age
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 672 total · 25 in this make and model · 446 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO, 15 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.