- Date
- July 8, 1988, 13:55 local (17:55 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8691SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880708026129A
- Case key
- 32208
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot was on a solo instructional flight. The winds were reported to him as a 20-30 degree crosswind at 15 knots gusting to 20. The student pilot lost control of the acft. The right wing contacted the runway, then the acft nosed over. The pilot did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8691S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150611991
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Orlando Country Airport
- Registered owner
- John E. Gormican
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- X30 · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- X04 · Orlando Country, runway 33, 3,000 × 30 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 22 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.