- Date
- February 9, 1990, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clear Lake, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7359GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900209001919A
- Case key
- 34930
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain proper alignment with the runway, his delay in initiating a go-around, and his premature raising of the flaps. Factors related to the accident were the adverse wind conditions and the tree.
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 rprtd that while attempting to land in unfavorable/gusty wind conds, he believed the acft was too low & slow, so he elected to go around. He said he applied full power & retracted the flaps, but the acft drifted to the left & collided with a tree. It then descended to the terrain, cartwheeled to a stop & burst into flames. The plt & passenger escaped without injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7359G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074649
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Myrl G. Fairbrother
- Departed
- 8Y6 · Clear Lake, MN
- Airport
- 8Y6 · Leaders, runway 27, 1,000 × 60 ft, dirt
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 8 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- STC, 10 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.