# NTSB FTW89LA084: Cessna 150, N63467, San Antonio, TX, April 24, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1989, 11:48 local (16:48 UTC)
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Location: 29.3370° N, 98.4710° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STINSON MUNI (SSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3370&lon=-98.4710&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW89LA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22857/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89LA084

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63467](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63467-2021-01-30), registration cancelled 2021-01-30, S/N 15077338, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077338
- Airframe hours: 2165
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890424009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890424009769A), Apr 24, 1989: Cessna 150M, San Antonio, TX, Substantial damage. Veered left of runway on approach. Bounced short of runway began go around. Aborted to miss hangar, hit nose first.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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