- Date
- August 26, 1989, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jonesboro, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7872ZCessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890826031919A
- Case key
- 22909
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and failure to maintain directional control, which resulted in a porpoise off the side of the runway. The tree was a related factor.
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 private pilot (PIC) was in the left seat, flying the airplane, & the student pilot/owner was in the right seat. At touchdown, the airplane bounced, touched down again & started a deviation to the right. After leaving the runway, it traveled 630 feet, rolling & flying. Subsequently, it impacted a tree & came to rest with damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7872Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059972
- Airframe hours
- 3,303
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold G. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1988
- Departed
- Shreveport, LA
- Destination
- F88
- Airport
- F88 · Jonesboro, runway 17, 3,200 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7872Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.