- Date
- January 8, 1990, 11:14 local (19:14 UTC)
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9150XPiper PA-46
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900108000309A
- Case key
- 26718
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during final approach which allowed the aircraft to stall and collide with the runway.
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 pilot of a Piper PA-46 allowed the aircraft to stall and collide with the runway, while landing. He stated he had slowed down during the approach due to previous traffic still on the runway. The aircraft went into a full stall and the pilot's application of power was too late to prevent a collision with the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9150X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-46
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4622006
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AE2A, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miller, Gery F.
- Registered owner
- Van Nuys Flight Center
- Departed
- OXR · Oxnard, CA
- Destination
- VNY · Van Nuys, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- VNY · Van Nuys, runway 16R, 8,000 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 169 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VNY
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 N9150X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.