- Date
- April 7, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Donna, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6648GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830407014539A
- Case key
- 20856
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student plt, he was practicing a simulated emergency landing & had aborted the approach when the acft banked to the left, went out of control & crashed. An investigation revealed that the acft hit a palm tree, aprx 60 ft tall, then came to rest about 250 ft beyond the tree. The student stated that he did not think he hit the tree. The acft came to rest on a field where his friend was working. The flt school, where he received training, had rules prohibiting simulated forced landings on solo flts & required a complete acft recovery by 500 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6648G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072148
- Airframe hours
- 3,544
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Travis D. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 9, 1981 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- T65 · Weslaco, TX
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 28 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFE, 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.