N7340X is a 1961 Cessna 150B. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Cont Motor 0-200 series rated at 100 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Sag Harbor, NY. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Jan 1962. It has been registered to its current owner since Jul 2020. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 65 years old
- 1 of 113 Cessna 150B
2020
1962
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The pilot stated that the tailwind for the selected turf runway was “5 to 10 [knots] with some gusting.” He said the winds “did not seem unruly…” so he continued the approach and once he was close to the ground the winds were “very flukey.” He said with full reduction of throttle, 30° of flaps, and speed slowed to “landing” the airplane would not “settle down.” At touchdown, the pilot said he was “too long.” He then increased throttle, and “released the flaps and carb heat to go around.”
The pilot said that there were no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane preventing normal operation, it simply did not have the performance capability to outclimb the trees. The pilot said the airplane’s left wing brushed a tree reducing its airspeed, and the stall warning sounded intermittently before the airplane “careened” into treetops before it settled nose down onto the ground. During the accident sequence, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and empennage.
When asked how the accident could have been prevented, the pilot said a go-around performed “sooner” than the touch-and-go landing.
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