SEA99LA035
1999-02-20 · HILLSBORO, Oregon, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed
Airport 7S3
Current FAA registration · N16058
- Make / Model
- CESSNA 150L
- Year of manufacture
- 1972 · 27 years old at event
- Engine
- CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
- Seats / Engines
- 2 seats · 1 engine
- Last airworthiness date
- 19720508
- ADS-B equipped
- Yes — Mode-S A0F4D6
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Probable cause & findings
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A related factor was the crosswind condition.
Factual narrative
On February 20, 1999, about 1430 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 150L, N16058, registered to Twin Oaks Airpark, Incorporated, and operated by the student pilot as a 14 CFR 91 instructional flight, was substantially damaged during the landing rollout at the Starks Twin Oaks Airport, Hillsboro, Oregon. The student pilot was not injured. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. There was no fire and no report of an ELT actuating. The flight originated from the McMinnville, Oregon, Airport approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident. During a telephone interview, the student pilot stated that the aircraft landed a "little hot" and bounced. The aircraft veered to the left (west) side of the runway and the pilot elected to initiate a go-around. Before the aircraft became airborne, it collided with a pile of excavated rock and dirt located on the west edge of the runway. The aircraft came to rest approximately 20 feet from the runway edge. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident the wind was from 090 degrees at three to five knots, gusting to ten knots. Hillsboro Airport, located eight miles north of Twin Oaks, was reporting the wind from 110 degrees at 14 knots at the time of the accident. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions with the aircraft at the time of the accident. The student pilot stated that the aircraft landed a 'little hot' and bounced. The aircraft veered to the left (west) side of the runway and the pilot elected to initiate a go-around. Before the aircraft became airborne, it collided with a pile of excavated rock and dirt located on the west edge of the runway. The aircraft came to rest approximately 20 feet from the runway edge. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident the wind was from 090 degrees at three to five knots, gusting to ten knots. Hillsboro Airport, located eight miles north of Twin Oaks, was reporting the wind from 110 degrees at 14 knots at the time of the accident. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1999_SEA99LA035.txt.
Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb.
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Related research
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- NASA NTRS 2025 · Conference Paper A Training Study to Improve Monitoring During A Go-Around
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- Flight Safety Foundation 2024 · FSF / AeroSafety World Go-Around Safety Forum Findings
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- Semantic Scholar 2022 · Article (Journal of Safety Research) Go-around accidents and general aviation safety.
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- Semantic Scholar 2021 · Article (Aerospace) Classification and Analysis of Go-Arounds in Commercial Aviation Using ADS-B Data
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- NASA NTRS 2021 · Accepted Manuscript (Version with final changes) Go-Around Criteria Refinement for Transport Category Aircraft
Presently, airline pilots are trained to go around if, when lower than 500 ft above the ground, they are outside of a handful of parameters such as airspeed, position, and rate of descent.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper Validation of Proposed Go-Around Criteria Under Various Environmental Conditions
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