- Date
- July 3, 1987, 10:57 local (18:57 UTC)
- Place
- Tacoma, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9815JCessna 150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870703080489A
- Case key
- 40702
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
While lndg, the plt decided to go around. He stated the acft floated as he applied pwr & the pwr increased to about 2400 RPM. He raised the nose slightly & retracted the electrically operated flaps from 35 to zero deg. He said he established a climb to about 30', then the acft stalled. Subsequently, it dscndd onto the rwy in a nose low, left wing down attitude & was damaged. The plt had not returned the carb heat to the cold position. This was his 1st flt in this make & model of acft after having a check-out with an instructor (CFI). Two sessions & 2 hrs of flt time were used to check the plt out in the Cessna 150, but the CFI did not have him make a go-around drg the check-out. The plt had previously flown only low wing acft with manually operated flaps.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9815J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500624
- Airframe hours
- 2,550
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Slink, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Slink Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1987
- Airport
- T1W · Tacoma Narrows, runway 17, 5,002 × 150 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 2 in this make and model · 37 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.