- Date
- September 20, 1987, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Marana, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N91AVCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870920055129A
- Case key
- 25695
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Analysis
The student pilot lost control of the airplane during landing roll on rwy 30. He indicated that the winds were from 280 deg at 9 KTS gusting to 12 KTS. The airplane veered right departing the rwy. The nose gear subsequently collapsed in rough and uneven terrain conditions adjacent to the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91AV
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069265
- Airframe hours
- 3,446
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Fallaway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1987 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- E14 · Marana, AZ
- Airport
- E14 · Aura Valley, runway 30, 3,000 × 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 15 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 9 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 95 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.