- Date
- December 6, 1986, 10:07 local (15:07 UTC)
- Place
- Poestenkill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50714Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206086709A
- Case key
- 30570
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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 pilot touched down hard, added power for a go around. Sluggish engine did not have enough power to clear trees at the end of the runway. Aircraft collided with trees. The plt after the acc said that after cutting off the carb head the eng seemed sluggish. One witness reported that the plt stated on the way to the hosp that he reached for the throttle and cut the 'gas off' by mistake. No malfunctions of the eng were found found after the acc.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50714
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069501
- Airframe hours
- 4,815
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schodack Aviation Assoc.,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Schodack Aviation Assoc. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 5B7 · Poestenkill, NY
- Airport
- 5B7 · Rensselaer, runway 18, 2,800 × 60 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 762 total · 161 in this make and model · 585 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 25 °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.
Other investigations on N50714 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.