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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150G · Fort Wayne, IN · June 28, 1988

Date
June 28, 1988 · 18:30 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Smith Field Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4744X
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88FA144
Reported as
Cessna 150G
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
635 total400 in this make and model160 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Took off into approaching frontal weather stalled avoiding wires. Hit trees and child on impact. Positive for drugs

As the FAA filed it

TOOK OFF INTO APPROACHING FRONTAL WEATHER STALLED AVOIDING WIRES. HIT TREES AND CHILD ON IMPACT. POSITIVE FOR DRUGS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.