- Date
- April 25, 1989, 15:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Miramar, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3004VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890425009859A
- Case key
- 32287
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to continue flying the airplane when he noted a vibration of unknown origin. Contributing to the accident was the improper selection of unsuitable terrain to execute a precautionary landing when an airport and a highway median were available.
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 pilot stated that he experienced a vibration of unknown origin and the engine was still running. He then attempted a precautionary landing to unsuitable terrain when an airport and a highway median were avialable. The airplane flipped over on landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3004V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076347
- Airframe hours
- 5,311
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tursair, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tursair Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1989 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,185 total · 45 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OPF, 9 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.