- Date
- February 3, 1991, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisonburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N19240Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910203001449A
- Case key
- 11657
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was premature raising of the flaps, and inadequate airspeed.
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 approach was flown using full flaps at an airspeed of 70 mph. According to the pilot, during the landing flare the aircraft floated about 5 feet over the runway. He applied some power to maintain airspeed, but because of the effect of engine torque, the aircraft banked to the left. He decided to abort the landing and applied full power. He raised the flaps and leveled the winds, but the aircraft banked and yawed left. The aircraft struck a dirt bank off the side of the runway and crashed. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19240
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074265
- Airframe hours
- 4,120
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Quality Flying Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 31, 1991 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- W49 · Culpeper, VA
- Destination
- SHD · Harrisonburg, VA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- SHD · Shenandoah Valley, runway 23, 6,000 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N19240 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.