- Date
- May 8, 1990, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Newberg, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18024Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900508014749A
- Case key
- 41190
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain directional control duing the landing.
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
After the completion of a local flight, the student pilot returned to the airport for landing. The airplane touched down hard, bounced and became airborne. The airplane drifted to the left of the runway, over parked airplanes and touched down again on the parking ramp. The airplane bounced and collided with a hangar five feet above ground level. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18024
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073740
- Airframe hours
- 4,077
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schoonover, Terry L
- Registered owner
- Schoonover, Terry L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1990
- Airport
- 2S6 · Sportsman Airpark, runway 35, 2,745 × 50 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 35 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.