- Date
- March 17, 1983, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Irwin, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9841JCessna A150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830317008909A
- Case key
- 12113
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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.
In flight collision with object
Airspeed - inadequateFactor
Aborted landing - performedFactor
Go-around - delayedCause
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The plt circled the arpt to set up his landing pattern for rwy 14 with a left crosswind. On final at 60 KTS & full flapsthe stall warning horn came on with the acft drifting. The plt added power & removed carb heat. He also started to 'work' the flaps up 'a little at a time.' The acft then struck trees about 200 ft from the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9841J
- Reported as
- Cessna A150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500650
- Airframe hours
- 993
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shannon Farms, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- Defiance, OH
- Airport
- Vernon Vick, runway 14, 2,300 × 50 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 202 total · 185 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSU, 20 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.