- Date
- August 2, 1991, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Jewett, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7036XCessna 150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910802031239A
- Case key
- 23382
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Probable cause
Premature retraction of the flaps near the ground at slow airspeed. A factor was the attempted low pass.
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 and his passenger were en route to visit a mutual friend who resided on the shore of a lake. As the plane approached the lake, the pilot descended from his en route altitude to execute a low pass next to his friend's cabin to alert him to go to the nearby airport to pick them up. The pilot configured the airplane for slow flight, with thirty degrees to flaps, while maintaining 100 feet above the surface of the lake. As the airplane approached the shoreline, the pilot applied full power while retracting the manually operated flaps. The airplane settled and impacted the top of a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7036X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059136
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack R. Horan
- Registered owner
- Jack R. Horan
- Departed
- ASL · Marshall, TX
- Destination
- TX06 · Mexia, TX
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 229 total · 214 in this make and model · 182 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N7036X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.