- Date
- November 9, 1988, 16:15 local (Nov 10, 1988, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N17293Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881109050259A
- Case key
- 26292
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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 student plt was practicing touch-&-go landings on his 3rd instructional solo flt. Drg an apch to land, the acft was slightly to the right of the rwy. The student tried to correct the situation, then decided the acft was too close to the ground. He added full pwr to go around. However, the acft began to drift to the left & was not gaining altitude. Subsequently, it drifted off the rwy & collided with an unoccupied airplane. After the acdnt, the pilot noted the throttle was in the full fwd psn & the flaps were fully extended. There was no rprtd mechanical failure or malfunction prior to the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17293
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073706
- Airframe hours
- 9,859
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sacramento Aero Service
- Registered owner
- Sacramento Aero Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 21, 1988 · 118 hours before
- Departed
- Q96
- Airport
- Q96 · Natomas Fld, runway 16, 2,700 × 30 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 61 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMF, 6 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.