- Date
- March 8, 1987, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Poestenkill, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714CDCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870308079049A
- Case key
- 30616
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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 aircraft came in high and fast, bounced on the centerline and veered left of the centerline on the second bounce. Pilot attempted to correct with right rudder and aileron but the aircraft continued to roll off of the runway and into snow where it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714CD
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079066
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rensselaer Co. Airport
- Registered owner
- Rensselaer Co. Airport Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 1987
- Airport
- 5B7 · Rensselaer, runway 36, 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 2 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.