- Date
- April 24, 1989, 11:48 local (16:48 UTC)
- Place
- San Antonio, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63467Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890424009769A
- Case key
- 22857
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the pilot, his delay in attempting to abort the landing, and his failure to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident was: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point for a landing.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63467
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077338
- Airframe hours
- 2,165
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jimmy L. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1989 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- SAT · San Antonio, TX
- Destination
- SSF
- Airport
- SSF · Stinson Int'L, runway 14, 4,127 × 120 ft, macadam
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.