- Date
- June 19, 1989, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3148VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34813
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain proper runway alignment, while aborting a bounced landing. Factors related to the accident were: the pilot's improper flare and lack of experience in the make and model of aircraft, the right crosswind, and the proximity of trees.
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 plt was practicing lndgs on her 1st suprvsd solo flt in a Cessna 150. She stated the acft bounced several times on the rwy, so pwr was added to make a go-around. As she applied power & raised the flaps a notch, the acft drifted to the left & collided with trees, less than 100 ft south of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3148V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076402
- Airframe hours
- 4,988
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hamilton, Aviation
- Registered owner
- Hamilton Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1989 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- 3GV
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City, runway 27, 3,800 × 45 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 7 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F