- Date
- March 16, 1989, 00:02 local (08:02 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3015JCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890316003959A
- Case key
- 41001
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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Probable cause
The improper landing flare performed by an unqualified person at the controls who had no flight training.
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
A non-pilot took the acft for night joyride and crashed on the landing attempt. The acft was found on the rwy the next day. Two teenagers confessed to making the flt. The owner delcared that the acft was taken from a locked hanger; however, he stated that the keys to the acft were in the ignition. The owner stated that damage to the acft indicated that it had been flown into the ground without a proper flare technique.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3015J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061115
- Airframe hours
- 4,803
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William S. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1988 · 58 hours before
- Airport
- H10 · Hillsboro, runway 30, 6,000 × 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
- 15
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °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.