- Date
- March 5, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chesapeake, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61533Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910305004089A
- Case key
- 11660
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing was the pilot's lack of experience.
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - waterFactor
Analysis
The pilot was doing touch and go landings when directional control was lost. The airplane went off he side of the runway and came to rest in water. The examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61533
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mideastern Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mideastern Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- W36
- Airport
- W36 · Chesapeake Municipal, runway 23, 4,200 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF, 99 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.