- Date
- August 27, 1989, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hearne, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16090Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890827031669A
- Case key
- 22910
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane and his lack of experience/training. A factor was the pilot's poor physical condition.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Visual/aural perceptionFactor
Physical impairmentFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16090
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073468
- Airframe hours
- 3,514
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vann W. Foley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1988 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- TX06 · Mexia, TX
- Destination
- T72
- Airport
- T72 · Hearne Municipal, runway 17, 7,500 × 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
- 69
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.