- Date
- March 12, 1989, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadia, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66374Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890312004379A
- Case key
- 32408
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Probable cause
The pilot's delayed to go around after landing long with excessive speed.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated the acft touched down about halfway down the 2500 ft grass strip with excessive speed & 30 deg of flaps. When he realized it would not stop on the remaining rwy, he initiated a go-around. However, the acft collided with a fence near the dep end of the rwy. The plt noted that he had simply landed long & fast, and that the flaps took longer to retract, than he would have liked. Also, he believed the accident could have been avoided, if he had landed at the beginning of the rwy or had decided to go around sooner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66374
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075998
- Airframe hours
- 2,650
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hutchins, Richard A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1989 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- IMM · Immokalee, FL
- Destination
- 92FL
- Airport
- 92FL · Carlstrom Field, runway 9, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 300 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 31 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.
Other investigations on N66374 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.