MIA88FA244

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150M · Pahokee, FL · August 3, 1988

Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal report
Date
August 3, 1988, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
Place
Pahokee, FL
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N63354Cessna 150M
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report September 25, 1989
Report
Approved by Office Director
FAA report
19880803064979A
Case key
32034

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown
Recovery from bounced landing - inadequatePilot in commandCause
Loss of control - in flightLanding - aborted
Airspeed - not maintainedPilot in commandCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentPilot in commandCause
In flight collision with terrain/waterLanding - aborted
Terrain condition - ground

Analysis

The acft crashed while the plt was attempting a touch and go landing at Pahokee airport, Pahokee FL. The plt stated that when he landed on runway 17, the acft bounced. As he was attempting a go around, he lost control. The acft stalled, broke left, and crashed in the grass off the left side of the runway.

Aircraft

Registration
N63354
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
15077258
Airframe hours
6,948
Engine
Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Registered owner
Turair Inc.
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
100 hour · July 1, 1988 · 50 hours before
Departed
APF · Naples, FL
Flight plan
VFR
Airport
PHR · Pahokee, runway 17, 4,620 × 75 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
19
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Seat
Left
Flight hours
28 total · 28 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
80° at 8 knots
Visibility
8 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
90 °F, dew point 73 °F
Altimeter
30.00 inHg
Observed at
PBI, 30 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.