- Date
- November 21, 1993, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kinston, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5340QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931121046229A
- Case key
- 3329
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Probable cause
Was the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the go around. A factor was the wind gusts which occurred at the time of the accident.
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 reported that he was in the traffic pattern, working on takeoffs and landings. While landing the airplane, he encountered a gust of wind. He added power, and lost control of the aircraft. The airplane collided with the turf runway, and came to rest in a bean field. The student pilot had logged about 23 hours at the time of the accident.
Factual narrative
On November 21, 1993, at about 1515 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150L, N5340Q, collided with terrain following a loss of control during landing at the Moss Hill Airport, near Kinston, North Carolina. The student pilot had minor injuries. The aircraft was operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by Moss Hill Airport, Inc. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the local, solo-instructional flight. The flight originated in the Moss Hill Airport at about 1500.
The pilot reported the following: He was in the traffic pattern, working on takeoffs and landings. While landing the airplane, he encountered a gust of wind. He added power, and lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane collided with the sod airstrip, and came to rest in a bean field. Structural damage to the left wing and fuselage resulted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5340Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073240
- Airframe hours
- 5,989
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Moss Hill Airport, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Moss Hill Airport, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1993 · 56 hours before
- Airport
- 6NC9 · Moss Hill Airport, runway 1, 3,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 21 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IS0, 8 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.