- Date
- October 21, 1994, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ormond Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18539Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19941021035779A
- Case key
- 37687
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, resulting in an on-ground loss of control, and collision with terrain.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated he was landing to runway 08. On roundout, the airplane touched down two times, bounced up on the left main gear, cartwheeled to the left, and collided with the terrain.
Factual narrative
On October 21, 1994, about 1530 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N18539, registered to Ormand Beach Aviation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at the Ormand Beach Municipal Airport. The airplane was sustained substantial damage, and the student pilot reported minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from Ormond Beach Municipal Airport about 30 minutes before the accident.
The student pilot stated he was landing on runway 8 with 30 degrees of flaps between 60 to 65 mph. On roundout, the airplane touched down twice, bounced up on the left main gear, cartwheeled to the left, and collided with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18539
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073927
- Airframe hours
- 8,461
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ormond Beach Aviation
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 20, 1994 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- OMN
- Destination
- OMN
- Airport
- OMN · Ormond Beach Municipal, runway 8, 4,004 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAB, 3 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 N18539 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.