JEWETT, TX, USA
N7036X
CESSNA 150A
THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE EN ROUTE TO VISIT A MUTUAL FRIEND WHO RESIDED ON THE SHORE OF A LAKE. AS THE PLANE APPROACHED THE LAKE, THE PILOT DESCENDED FROM HIS EN ROUTE ALTITUDE TO EXECUTE A LOW PASS NEXT TO HIS FRIEND'S CABIN TO ALERT HIM TO GO TO THE NEARBY AIRPORT TO PICK THEM UP. THE PILOT CONFIGURED THE AIRPLANE FOR SLOW FLIGHT, WITH THIRTY DEGREES TO FLAPS, WHILE MAINTAINING 100 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE. AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE SHORELINE, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER WHILE RETRACTING THE MANUALLY OPERATED FLAPS. THE AIRPLANE SETTLED AND IMPACTED THE TOP OF A TREE.
PREMATURE RETRACTION OF THE FLAPS NEAR THE GROUND AT SLOW AIRSPEED. A FACTOR WAS THE ATTEMPTED LOW PASS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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