- Date
- October 2, 1988, 14:03 local (21:03 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8998UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881002042859A
- Case key
- 26265
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the terrain shortly after an intersection tkof from the Tucson international airport. The plt reported that during the initial climb the a/c was not producing sufficient lift in order to maintain alt to clear obstacles. The plt aborted the tkof climb at about 150 ft AGL and attempted a forced lndg on the remaining runway. During the forced lndg, the a/c nose wheel hit the runway first and the a/c bounced about four times before colliding with a fence, located at the end of the runway and nosed over. The alt at the accident site is about 2640 ft. the temp was 98 degrees fahrenheit. The density alt was 5730 ft. winds were reported to be about 150 degrees at 8 knots. The CFI had o hrs in a C-150 and 2 hrs as an instructor. He had 23 hrs in a C-152 obtained 2 yrs prior to the acc.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8998U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078048
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregery, George, doing business as Double Eagle Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gregory Jr., George T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 30, 1988 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- TUS · Tucson, runway 21, 7,000 × 150 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 328 total · 23 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 37 °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.