- Date
- March 1, 1989, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Evanston, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11009Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890301002849A
- Case key
- 17677
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain the proper descent rate on final approach which resulted in a landing short of the runway.
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 uk certified private plt was flying a cross country flight with his uk private rated passenger. On final approach to rwy 23, the plt added power to adjust his rate of descent. He added full power to no avail, and the rate of descent was still too rapid. The plt said he prepared for an off airport landing. The plane undershot the rwy and impacted with snow covered terrain, 300 ft short of rwy 23. The nose gear collapsed and the wings were bent, the plane came to rest 150 ft short of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11009
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075193
- Airframe hours
- 6,949
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Debron Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hawker, Bart D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 13, 1989 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · West Jordan, UT
- Destination
- EVW
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EVW · Evanston, runway 23, 7,300 × 100 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Foreign, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 12 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVW, 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.