- Date
- August 23, 1984, 08:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N704XHCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840823049759A
- Case key
- 31182
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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.
Undershoot
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Distance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
The student plt on first solo flt misjudged his alt and landed the acft about 30 ft short of the rwy in the grass. This was his instructors assessment of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704XH
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078952
- Airframe hours
- 3,106
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Custom Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- J. M. Laboratories, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1984 · 26 hours before
- Airport
- St Lucie City, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9 total · 9 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 11 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.