- Date
- November 19, 1983, 13:23 local (19:23 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8590JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831119058299A
- Case key
- 21213
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Analysis
The acft groundlooped during landing and collided with a ditch. This acft had been converted to conventional landing gear. The plt had only 1 hour as PIC in this configuration of landing gear equipment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8590J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066490
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G. B. Hamilton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 30, 1983
- Airport
- MAU · Miller Int'L., runway 31, 7,103 × 150 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 539 total · 6 in this make and model · 480 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- MAU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.