- Date
- September 12, 1982, 00:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Goldsboro, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3641JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820912045199A
- Case key
- 70844
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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
The aircraft was flown by an unauthorized person after it had been secured for the night and the flight operation had been closed. On the next morning, the plane was found about 200 yards from the departure end of runway 04, where it had crashed. An examination of the aircraft revealed that the pitot cover had not been removed. The flaps were found in an extended position. It was presumed that there were no significant injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3641J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061941
- Airframe hours
- 6,935
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard Lanier
- Registered owner
- Flying Bisons Club
- Departed
- Goldsboro, NC
- Airport
- Goldsboro Wayne County, runway 4, 3,700 × 0 ft, concrete
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3641J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.