- Date
- July 13, 1991, 11:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Shelton, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50081Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910713031929A
- Case key
- 41483
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot in command. Factors to the accident were: delayed go-around gusting winds, poor compensation for wind conditions, and unsuitable terrain.
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
While on final approach to a dirt road, the pilot reported that just before touchdown, the airplane started to drift to the left from what appeared to be a gust of wind. The pilot attempted a go-around, however, the airplane touched down and veered to the left of the road and collided with several fir trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50081
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069052
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale Q. Nichols
- Registered owner
- Dale Q. Nichols
- Departed
- TIW · Tacoma, 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 685 total · 230 in this make and model · 435 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 4 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.