- Date
- April 20, 1991, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N16230Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910420011639A
- Case key
- 41313
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin at low altitude. His lack of experience was a related factor.
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
During a pleasure flight, the pilot lost control of the airplane which stalled and entered a spin. The pilot did not recover from the spin, and the airplane collided with the terrain. Several witnesses in the area reported observing the airplane maneuvering at low altitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16230
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073559
- Airframe hours
- 6,825
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Morcom Aviation, doing business as Regal Air
- Registered owner
- Morcom Aviation
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1991 · 89 hours before
- Departed
- PAE · Everett, 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 51 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 75S, 4 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.