- Date
- May 12, 1993, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tarentum, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9891JCessna A150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930512013449A
- Case key
- 11943
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control and proper runway alignment. The adverse weather condition and proximity of the parked aircraft were related factors.
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 on his return from a demonstration flight he encountered an updraft and downdraft while landing. He stated that as he neared his position for landing, the wind changed direction, and as he was about to apply power, there was an updraft and the airplane almost stalled. He reported that he pushed the nose down and continued into the flare/touchdown but the airplane was left of the centerline and veering towards an unoccupied aircraft that was parked 22 feet off the side of the runway on a grassy area. During the landing, the left wing struck the parked airplane. The pilot stated that there was no mechanical malfunction and the accident could have been prevented, if the airplane had not been parked close to the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9891J
- Reported as
- Cessna A150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500700
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerobat V
- Registered owner
- Aerobat V
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1992
- Departed
- 9G1
- Destination
- 9G1
- Airport
- 9G1 · West Penn, runway 20, 2,645 × 37 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 500 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGC, 1 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.