- Date
- June 26, 1991, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stuart, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2641JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626024089A
- Case key
- 11687
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to observe a hidden object while landing in an open field.
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 reported that he had decided to land in a farm field to get directions while trying to locate the martinsville, Virginia airport. He circled the field and started his approach. After touchdown and during rollout, the nose wheel caught an unseen wire and the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2641J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065641
- Airframe hours
- 4,600
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C-150 Group Inc.
- Registered owner
- C-150 Group Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1991 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- HLX · Hillsville, VA
- Destination
- MTV · Martinsville, VA
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 28 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- ROA, 50 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.