- Date
- August 24, 1988, 20:45 local (Aug 25, 1988, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Whitney, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2550QCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880824042099A
- Case key
- 22446
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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 student pilot decided to make a touch and go landing before flying to another airport. The airplane touched down more than 1000 feet down the 2000 foot runway, went off the end and 300 feet beyond the end before hitting a dirt bank and nosing over to the inverted position. Although one brake line was broken, there were no skid marks on the runway and there was no brake fluid on the runway, the wheel or the brake assemlby.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071385
- Airframe hours
- 4,843
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bobby D. Helms
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 19, 1988 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- F50
- Airport
- F50 · Whitney State Park, runway 35, 2,000 × 50 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 17 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- 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.