- Date
- June 21, 1986, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Silver City, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6DWCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860621026779A
- Case key
- 16831
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt took a private plt for a sight seeing ride. The acft was over gross weight and the density alt was calculated to be 9,292 feet. On an approach to landing the student plt elected to go around. The surviving plt said that in a steep bank the right wing suddenly dropped and the acft entered a stall/spin. Because of the low altitude, recovery was not possible.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6DW
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500094
- Airframe hours
- 1,503
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Herbert Watkins
- Registered owner
- Herb Watkins Surveying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 1E6 · Silver City, NM
- Airport
- 1E6 · Turner Ridgeport, runway 33, 4,000 × 25 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 30 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 5V9, 10 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.