- Date
- September 4, 2023, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marble Canyon, AZ · Marble Canyon Airport
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9328UCessna 150M
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230904013649A
- Case key
- 193012
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Probable cause
The pilot’s loss of airplane control after an encounter with windshear during takeoff which resulted in collision with terrain.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while departing, the airplane climbed to an altitude of 20 feet above the ground. The airspeed began decreasing, and the airplane started descending. The pilot pitched down as the stall warning sounded. The airplane impacted the terrain, collapsing the nose wheel and substantially damaging the left wing. The pilot stated the airplane had encountered windshear and that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9328U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078277
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 4,614.5
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 2023 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- Noki · San Juan, UT
- Destination
- L41 · Marble Canyon, AZ
- Airport
- L41 · Marble Canyon, runway 21, 3,715 × 35 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 30, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- None
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,032 total · 194 in this make and model · 882 as pilot in command · 237 in the last 90 days · 108 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 17
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 7, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 7 in this make and model · 46 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- KPGA, 11 nm away
- METAR
- KPGA 041753Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM FEW075 26/11 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP081 T02610106 10272 20206 50002
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 10, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.6 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.