- Date
- May 7, 1992, 16:43 local (23:43 UTC)
- Place
- Gold Beach, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8791GCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920507014159A
- Case key
- 41670
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed on final approach, resulting in aircraft stall, loss of control and impact with terrain. A factor relating to the accident was the lack of experience by the pilot.
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 student pilot was practicing touch and go landings on his first solo flight when the aircraft stalled during landing flare. The pilot lost control and the aircraft impacted on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8791G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062891
- Airframe hours
- 2,248
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Crook, Franklin T., doing business as Franks Flight Service
- Registered owner
- Crook, Franklin T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1992 · 51 hours before
- Airport
- 4S1 · Gold Beach Municipal, runway 34, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 17 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTH, 60 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.