- Date
- January 21, 1991, 17:55 local (Jan 22, 1991, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Alderwood Manor, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5437QCessna C-150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910121000789A
- Case key
- 41384
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The failure of the pilot in command to attain proper clearance from terrain. A factor relating to this accident was the night light conditions.
Analysis
The acft impacted trees off the end of the runway during initial climb after takeoff on a night student training flight.
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
- N5437Q
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150 73337
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Dorothy S. Hauter, doing business as Martha Lake Airport
- Registered owner
- Dorothy S. Hauter
- Departed
- S13 · Alderwood Manor, WA
- Airport
- S13 · Martha Lake, runway 34, 1,689 × 40 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 300 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- PAE, 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.
Other investigations on N5437Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.