- Date
- May 7, 1983, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Valley, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7146SCessna C-150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830507017889A
- Case key
- 5912
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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
After a touch-and-go landing, the aircraft was observed to turn after takeoff, enter a steep climp, then go into a steep nose down descent & crash. Witnesses reported hearing the eng operating until just prior to impact. An exam of the acft & eng revealed no evidence of a preimpact, mechanical failure or malfunction. Aprx 20 mi west southwest at macon, GA, the wind was from 130 deg at 13, gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7146S
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-67846
- Airframe hours
- 3,512
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mr. Donald Ames
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 2, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Warner Robins, GA
- Airport
- Miami Valley Farm
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 47 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCN, 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.