# NTSB FTW84LA065: Cessna 150G, N8590J, Mcallen, TX, November 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 19, 1983, 13:23 local (19:23 UTC)
- Place: Mcallen, TX
- Coordinates: 26.210008, -98.229469 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2100&lon=-98.2295&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21213
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21213/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA065

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8590J-1984-03-27), registration cancelled 1984-03-27, S/N 15066490 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15066490
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831119058299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831119058299A), Nov 19, 1983: Cessna 150G, Mcallen, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped into ditch during landing roll. Pilot was inexperienced in tailwheel aircraft.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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