- Date
- August 26, 1990, 21:25 local (Aug 27, 1990, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Newman Lake, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7019GCessna 150-L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900826036069A
- Case key
- 41125
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgement in attempting to land at an unlighted airstrip at night and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain during a go around.
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 attempted to land at an unlighted private airstrip at night and overshot the runway. The acft impacted an 80 ft. tall tree 240 ft off the departure end of the rwy during go-around.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7019G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150-L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074604
- Airframe hours
- 4,231
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clifford J. Davis
- Registered owner
- Clifford J Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 12, 1990
- Departed
- GEG · Spokane, WA
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 587 total · 214 in this make and model · 285 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.