- Date
- August 30, 1990, 19:46 local (23:46 UTC)
- Place
- Palmyra, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17109Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900830037929A
- Case key
- 36728
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during approach resulting in the airplane stalling and descending uncontrolled to ground impact.
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 was doing solo takeoffs and landings. The airplane departed and the pilot announced his intention to remain in the pattern. Witnesses said the airplane was higher than normal on base leg on a heading of 320 degrees. As the airplane was flying over trees on the west side of the runway, witnesses observed the airplane stall, bank left and dive into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17109
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073629
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- K & M Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 6G3 · Palmyra, NY
- Destination
- 6G3
- Airport
- 6G3 · Palmyra
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
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 N17109 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.