- Date
- September 25, 1987, 13:54 local (18:54 UTC)
- Place
- Addison, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N63156Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870925057249A
- Case key
- 22433
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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 aircraft became too slow while on final approach, started mushing, and drifted left. Full engine power was applied accompanied by nose up elevator trim. The aircraft bounced then climbed about 30 feet while attaining a steep nose up attitude and stalled. As the aircraft descended, its nose and left wing tip contacted the surface and it flipped over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63156
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077144
- Airframe hours
- 5,230
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hunter Aviation
- Registered owner
- Wanda H. Kuchel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1987 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- PRX · Paris, TX
- Destination
- ADS · Addison, TX
- Airport
- ADS · Addison, runway 15, 7,199 × 100 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28 total · 8 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ADS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.