- Date
- November 14, 1990, 14:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8247SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901114050269A
- Case key
- 27059
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to maintain an adequate airspeed while maneuvering in the traffic pattern; maintain control of the aircraft and the inadvertent stall mush. A factor in the accident was the pilot's limited total expereince.
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 stated that he had problems controlling the aircraft while turning from base to final. The aircraft impacted the ground short of the runway. FAA inspectors from the San Diego flight standards district office examined the aircraft. No discrepancies were found in the aircraft control system. No evidence was found of a malfunction in the examination of the engine. The pilot had 9 hours of solo experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8247S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061847
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying 'J' Aviation
- Airport
- SDM · Brown Field, runway 26L, 3,032 × 70 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 58 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDM
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 N8247S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.