- Date
- May 6, 1983, 20:50 local (May 7, 1983, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5835GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830506022859A
- Case key
- 5911
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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 acft crashed in a wooded area after a touch and go landing. The wing flaps lever had been placed to the up position but the flaps did not retract. When the CFI finally noticed that the flaps were not up he took over at about 200 ft AGL and started a shallow right turn. The airspeed was about 62 mph indicated when the CFI turned left with a nose high attitude. The acft stalled and spun to the ground about 600 ft from the departure end of the rwy. The flap indicator registered 33 degrees. There was a notice posted below the flap indicator which read 'use 30 degree flap max'. Investigation revealed that the flap motor fuse was blown. Both plts had been restrained by shoulder harness secured through interior plastic molding. At impact they came loose. This acft was not manufactured with shoulder harness. Acft logs did not show where, when or by whom the existing harness was installed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5835G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-71335
- Airframe hours
- 4,170
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Consolidated Aviation
- Registered owner
- Charles Maire Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 5, 1982 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- 8A4 · Kennesaw, GA
- Airport
- 8A4 · Mccullan, runway 27, 4,580 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 10,677 total · 44 in this make and model · 144 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.