- Date
- December 4, 1990, 08:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9312UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901204052769A
- Case key
- 27072
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Probable cause
One or more of the F-16 pilot's improper use of throttles before being cleared for take off.
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 PIC requested and received taxi clearance to runway 11L. Upon approaching 11L the ground controller cleared the flight to cross runway 11L after coordinating the crossing with the local controller as 4 F-16 airplanes were in position for takeoff on runway 11L. As the flight proceeded across the runway one of the F-16 pilot queried the local controller if the F-16'S were cleared for takeoff and the controller responded negative while simultaneously unidentified voices on the recorded communications medium exclaimed that the Cessna 150 was blown over. One of the F-16 pilots applied takeoff power in anticipation of a takeoff clearance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9312U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078262
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leading Edge Aviation
- Airport
- TU5 · Tucson
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 227 in this make and model · 348 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 21 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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.
Other investigations on N9312U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.