- Date
- January 6, 1993, 15:02 local (21:02 UTC)
- Place
- Holly Springs, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N22761Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930106000929A
- Case key
- 33214
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering during a forced landing, resulting in an in-flight loss of control (stall), and subsequent collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was a total loss of engine power in flight due to fuel exhaustion.
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
A witness observed the airplane flying westbound at about 100 feet AGL with the engine sputtering. The airplane was observed to make a steep turn to the left estimated at a 45 degree angle of bank. During the turn the engine quit and the turn was stopped. The airplane was observed to make another steep turn to the left, when the nose of the airplane pitched down and the airplane collided with the terrain in a nose down attitude. Examination of the airplane by the FAA revealed the fuel tanks were not ruptured, and no fuel was present in the left or right fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22761
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068502
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shaw, George B.
- Registered owner
- George B. Shaw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1992 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- M97 · Tunica, MS
- Destination
- M26 · Red Bay, AL
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 408 total · 378 in this make and model · 273 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 59 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.