- Date
- December 26, 1989, 00:52 local (05:52 UTC)
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N704SMCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891226056849A
- Case key
- 32608
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Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control of the aircraft due to a loss of consciousness brought on by reactive hypoglycemia.
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 flight had been cleared to land on rwy 18L, but lined up for rwy 17. The tower informed the pilot that he was on final for the wrong runway & cleared him to land on on rwy 17. The pilot stated that at about 200-300 ft he became dizzyand blacked out. The airplane came to rest inverted. The pilot's loss of consciousness was later diagnosed as reactive hypoglycemia compounded by the pilot's improper dietary habits.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704SM
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078838
- Airframe hours
- 9,492
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sebastian Aero Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Sebastian Aero Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 22, 1989 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- X26 · Sebastian, FL
- Destination
- MCO · Orlando, FL
- Airport
- MCO · Orlando Int., runway 17, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 78 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.