- Date
- May 12, 1987, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8649GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870512012899A
- Case key
- 17223
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt had just purchased N8649G and had decided to fly it. He had not been endorsed for solo flt. After a successful takeoff and a short cross-country flt, he returned to the Akron aprt for landing. During the attempted landing, control of the acft was lost.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8649G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062749
- Airframe hours
- 3,800
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David M. Patterson
- Registered owner
- David M . Patterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- AKO · Akron, CO
- Airport
- AKO · Akron-Washington, runway 27, 4,100 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.