- Date
- April 14, 1987, 17:45 local (Apr 15, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Alderwood, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5437QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870414009309A
- Case key
- 40613
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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 student pilot took off and landed with a 15 knot tailwind. During his second attempt to land an overun occurred. The aircraft departed the runway to the left onto soft ground where it nosed over inverted. This was the student pilots second solo flight. Prior to this flight he had logged .4 of solo time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5437Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073337
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dorothy Harter, doing business as Martha Lake Airport Flying Clb
- Registered owner
- Dorothy Harter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S13 · Alderwood, WA
- Airport
- S13 · Martha Lake Airport, runway 34, 1,700 × 40 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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
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 N5437Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.