- Date
- September 24, 1985, 16:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pahokee, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63200Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850924074989A
- Case key
- 31458
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - crosswind
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Stall/mush
Improper use of procedureFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - runway
Analysis
The plt stated that he was flaring for landing when a gust of wind raised the acft causing it to crash into the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63200
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077169
- Airframe hours
- 4,800
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fabio D. Giraldo
- Registered owner
- Palmetto Sales & Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 12, 1985 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa-Locka, FL
- Destination
- PHK · Pahokee, FL
- Airport
- PHK · Palm Beach County Glades, runway 35, 4,620 × 75 ft, macadam
N63200Registration cancelled Apr 2, 2022 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 32 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.