- Date
- August 4, 1990, 19:50 local (Aug 5, 1990, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Donnybrook, ND
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10094Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900804030019A
- Case key
- 14545
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering in hilly terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude and the surrounding steeply rising terrain.
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 and passenger had taken off from a gravel road for a local pleasure flight. The airplane subsequently impacted the side of a steep hillside aprx 100 ft below a ridge line. Impact was nose down, and the airplane had moved slightly rearward from the initial impact point.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10094
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074790
- Airframe hours
- 3,866
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pietsch Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Pietscm Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1990 · 185 hours before
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.