- Date
- December 4, 1989, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stephenville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N150RACessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891204049029A
- Case key
- 23083
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during a go-around which resulted in a stall.
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 pilot was on a solo instructional flight to build up flight time toward a higher rating. On the second landing of this flight, the airplane bounced and the pilot started a go around. The airplane stalled, started a turn to the left, impacted trees and then the terrain. The pilot stated that everything went blank before the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N150RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079363
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pegasus Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Pegasus Flight Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ACT · Waco, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SEP · Clark Field, runway 14, 4,183 × 60 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 68 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 84 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °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.