- Date
- May 13, 1983, 19:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Monroeville, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10506Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830513019039A
- Case key
- 35181
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed into trees during an aborted landing. The student pilot was not injured. The weather was VMC and no fltplan was filed for this student solo flt. The pilot had set 30 degrees of flaps for landing, the pilot attempted to correct his position over the runway and the acft touched down left gear first and bounced to the right gear. The student applied full power to go-around. At 65 mph and carb heat off, the pilot pulled the nose up, leveled off and retracted flaps. The pilot looked out and saw trees and pulled up and collided with the tree tops.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10506
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074895
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pittsburgh Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- Monroeville, PA
- Airport
- 4G0 · Monroeville, runway 23, 2,280 × 30 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 39 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.