- Date
- August 12, 1985, 11:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mcallen, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714DMCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850812071699A
- Case key
- 21822
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft lost eng pwr while on downwind for rwy 12. The plt was cleared to land on any rwy and he chose rwy 36. (The south end of this rwy joins rwy 13 at midfield). However, a strong tail wind prevailed and the acft was high and fast. It touched down on rwy 36, bounced, overshot the rwy, and hit three palm trees before coming to rest in an automobile parking lot 300 ft beyond the departure end of rwy 36. The acft reportedly had sat idle for about 15 months before its recent purchase by the present owners. Post accident examination of the acft's fuel system revealed contamination by water and a soft chalky like unknown substance which had blocked some of the fuel passages in the acft's carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714DM
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079096
- Airframe hours
- 3,267
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Avitech, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1985 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- MFE · Miller Int'L, runway 13, 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 518 total · 75 in this make and model · 397 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.