- Date
- May 2, 1982, 15:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Paducah, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704FCCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820502013909A
- Case key
- 72136
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While performing a practice emergency landing the pilot stated that he applied full power when the aircraft had descended to about 10 feet above a plowed field. After power was applied the flaps were raised from full down to 20 degrees. The second pilot stated that the aircraft got too low and was not able to clear the trees, made a steep turn to the left, stalled, and came down on the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704FC
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078568
- Airframe hours
- 2,683
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- I. D. Farrington
- Registered owner
- I. D. Farrington
- Departed
- Paducah, KY
- Destination
- Paducah, KY
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,080 total · 680 in this make and model · 1,890 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.