- Date
- August 13, 1995, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Knightdale, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704ZQCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950813023189A
- Case key
- 37813
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to execute a go-around when he saw that he would not land on the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he kept the airplane in a slip until just prior to touchdown. When he straightened the airplane for alignment with the runway he was over the edge of the runway and touched down off of the runway. The pilot stated he lost control of the airplane on the ground and it ground looped.
Factual narrative
On August 13, 1995, about 1015 eastern daylight time, N704ZQ, registered to the pilot ran off the side of the runway and nosed over on landing at Knightdale Airport, Knightdale, North Carolina, while on 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The private-rated pilot reported no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from the same airport about 45 minutes earlier.
The pilot was observed by witnesses to land long, and downwind on runway 19. The airplane then veered off the right side, struck a ditch and nosed over. The pilot stated he kept the airplane in a slip until just before touchdown. When applied rudder to straighten the airplane alignment on the runway he was over the right side of the runway and touched down. He lost control of the airplane and in retrospect he stated he should have executed a go-around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704ZQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 60745
- Airframe hours
- 4,324
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David R. Overby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1995 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- W17
- Airport
- W17 · Raleigh East, runway 19, 3,000 × 22 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 162 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDU, 24 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 N704ZQ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.