- Date
- May 25, 1985, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jeffersonville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7717FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850525020959A
- Case key
- 6659
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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 collided with the ground in a steep nose down attitude while banking to the left. The acft was in the process of making an approach to land in an off arpt pasture which was not normally used for acft operations. No mecanical reasons for the accident were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7717F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063817
- Airframe hours
- 2,950
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Earl George & Joedy P. Hendrix
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 4, 1984 · 88 hours before
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- Jeffersonville, 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 147 in this make and model · 117 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEX, 28 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.
Other investigations on N7717F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.