# Accident 19970616018689A: Cessna 150G, Amitey, IN, June 16, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1997, 20:00 local time
- Place: Amitey, IN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4898° N, 86.0493° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4898&lon=-86.0493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3787J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3787J-1998-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970616018689A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED UNIMPROVED STRIP. HIT POWERLINE ON TAKEOFF. CFI FAULTED USE OF STRIP. SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. BEHIND POWER CURVE (-23) DURING A FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN UNIMPROVED FIELD.  DURING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER LINES, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO IMPACT THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE.  THE PILOT AND STUDENT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI97LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA168), Jun 17, 1997: Cessna 150G (N3787J), Franklin, IN, destroyed. Probable cause: the instructor pilot stalled the aircraft as a result of inadequate preflight planning. Factors included the transmission wire, the rising terrain, and the trees at the departure end of the runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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