- Date
- March 11, 1986, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Orange, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6143KCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11243
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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
At about 1245 EST, the plt took off on his second flt of the day and flew in the local area about 30 minutes. Upon returning to Orange county arpt, the plt observed the tetrahedron during the left downwind leg for rwy 25, and noted that the wind had changed direction about 90 degrees. Additionally, the wind sock was almost straight out, indicating anincreased velocity. The plt executed a touch-and-go landing, and on the second approach, according to the plt, he was unable to maintain rwy alignment due to low level wind turbulence, therefore a go-around was performed. Following the third approach and touchdown, the acft veered to the left and departed rwy 25 about 800 feet from the approach end. The acft travelled about 400 feet before colliding with a drainage ditch. The acft then flipped over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6143K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077551
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sumat Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1985 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- W93
- Airport
- W93 · Orange County Airport, runway 25, 3,200 × 75 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHO, 14 nm away