- Date
- February 24, 1982, 11:16 local (17:16 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3942Cessna 150
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70718
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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 student pilot touched down about midway down the runway with a right crosswind. Witnesses stated that during the landing roll the wind shifted from west to northwest with gusts to about 30 knots. The instructor realized the aircraft could not be stopped before running off the runway, took over the controls, and initiated a go-around. The aircraft lifted off the ground about 500 feet from the departure end of the runway at 60 knots but failed to climb. The pilot stated that the aircraft encountered severe turbulence and drifted left. The left wing dropped and struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3942
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065242
- Airframe hours
- 6,072
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tarrant Aero Association
- Registered owner
- Harry L. Phillips
- Departed
- F72 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F72 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- F72 · Oak Grove, runway 17, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 683 total · 384 in this make and model · 487 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 129 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 16 nm away