- Date
- December 27, 1987, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63385Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871227075769A
- Case key
- 22442
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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 pilot lost engine power due to a throttle cable which failed during flight. He then made a 360 degree turn to lose altitude before initiating an emergency landing on an airport. He lost excessive altitude during the turn which resulted in an off-airport landing in a soft field. During the emergency landing, initial contact was made by the right main landing gear, followed by the nose gear, and then the right wing tip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63385
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077275
- Airframe hours
- 3,476
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark D. Woodruff
- Registered owner
- Sheppard, Douglas P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1987 · 191 hours before
- Departed
- TK 1 · Mckinney, TX
- Airport
- GLE · Gainesville Muni, runway 35, 4,500 × 100 ft, dirt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 404 total · 382 in this make and model · 76 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N63385 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.