- Date
- April 8, 1991, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Bay, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6657GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910408026049A
- Case key
- 32848
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Probable cause
Loss of control during the landing roll due to failure of the pilot to apply aileron control to prevent the airplane from drifting off the runway due to a crosswind and failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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
After touchdown on a 40-FT wide road heading 090 degs with a wind from 120 degs at 15 KTS, the acft began to drift off the lt side of the rwy. The plt applied rt rudder to correct this but the lt main landing gear travelled off the rd into mud. The rt wing then became elevated & the acft came to rest inverted on the north side of the road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6657G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072157
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Melbourne Aviation
- Registered owner
- Harbor City Aviation
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 108 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.