- Date
- May 23, 1993, 13:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Bellingham, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63531Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930523014789A
- Case key
- 43031
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Probable cause
The inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the student pilot. Factors relating to the accident were the gusty wind conditions and the student's lack of total experience.
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 encountered wind gusts during landing flare/touchdown, and the acft turned left 90 degrees and impacted trees beside the runway. Wind at the time was 14 knots, gusting to 25 knots. The student pilot had 46 hours total flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63531
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077376
- Airframe hours
- 8,920
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cascade Flight
- Registered owner
- Wight Marine Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 1993 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- CLM · Port Angeles, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- BLI · Bellingham International, runway 2, 1,760 × 60 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 46 total · 46 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 14 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 46 °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.