- Date
- April 5, 1982, 19:00 local (Apr 6, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Corpus Christi, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7958FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820405009239A
- Case key
- 70345
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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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he had just finished washing his aircraft and was flying around the airport to dry it off. After takeoff the pilot realized that one of the aileron gust locks had not been removed. A normal landing was attempted, and while on final approach, the left wing dropped and the nose yawed left. The pilot could not maintain directional control and crashed into a fence on the left side of runway 13.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7958F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064058
- Airframe hours
- 4,998
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. Deal
- Registered owner
- David L. Deal
- Departed
- CUX · Corpus Christi, TX
- Destination
- CUX · Corpus Christi, TX
- Airport
- CUX · Cuddihy Field, runway 13, 5,000 × 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 438 total · 383 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRP, 8 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.