- Date
- August 6, 1991, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burgettstown, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60689Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910806032079A
- Case key
- 36984
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain control of the airplane on the landing roll, resulting in an on ground collision with a tree. Factors related to the accident was the pilot's improper use of the brake system.
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
While doing touch and go's, the seventeen hour pilot decided during the landing roll not to take off. The pilot stated he did not know if he hit the brakes, but he momentarily added power then decided not to take off. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and hit trees. The FAA examined the airplane and found no discrepancies with the flight or engine controls. A test of the brakes showed they operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60689
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070502
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John H Galicic
- Registered owner
- John H Galicic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- P64 · Miller Airport, runway 33, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.