- Date
- September 22, 1991, 11:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- San Sebastian, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704TKCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910922051149A
- Case key
- 32931
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's intentional buzzing and failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in inadvertent stall. During the uncontrolled descent, the airplane collided with and remained suspended in a tree. Contributing to the accident was the ostentatious display by the pilot and unsuitable terrain encountered.
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 acft was maneuvering over houses. Then, while flying toward rising terrain to depart, the acft stalled and collided with and remained suspended in a tree. Complaints were made to the local police department several minutes before the accident about a low flying acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704TK
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078859
- Airframe hours
- 5,590
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Two Aviators, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Two Aviators, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MAZ · Mayaguez, PR
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.