Accident · 1993-10-23

NTSB case NYC94LA013 · CESSNA C-150 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1993-10-23
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: CESSNA C-150 (N704US)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: MICHAEL R. HAVERMEHL Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MICHAEL R. HAVERMEHL

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S ABRUPT CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON SHORT FINAL TO THE RUNWAY, WITH THE FLAPS RETRACTED, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL AND THE SUBSEQUENT COLLISION WITH THE TREES. A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE STUDENT PILOT TO GO FLYING WITHIN 8 HOURS OF CONSUMING ALCOHOL, AT NIGHT, WITH A PASSENGER.

Source: NTSB case NYC94LA013

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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