- Date
- March 28, 1989, 19:06 local (Mar 29, 1989, 02:06 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7592UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890328004969A
- Case key
- 26360
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot, and his failure to maintain the proper altitude. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's lack of visual perception at dusk, the transmission line, and the obstructions (tree & fence) in the emergency landing area.
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 rprtd that during flt, something suddenly smashed the windshield. He said he temporarily lost control of the acft, then regained it at low altitude. He was having trouble maintaining altitude & opted to make an emergency landing in a picnic area. During the landing, the acft collided with a tree & a fence post. An inspn of the acft revealed no evidence of a bird strike. However, there was an indentation that ran alone the leading edge of the left wind & across the windshield. There was no rprtd transmission wire damage, but witnesses in the area rprtd seeing an acft flying at low level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7592U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077759
- Airframe hours
- 1,568
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tidd, Robert L
- Registered owner
- Stern, Anton Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 244 total · 105 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °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.