- Date
- September 20, 1986, 07:30 local (11:30 UTC)
- Place
- Screven, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66297Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860920045519A
- Case key
- 6966
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt and his best man for his wedding scheduled for later in the day dep LCL apt early in the am. The acft was observed maneuvering at a low alt over the plts parents home. Witnesses described the maneuvers to be like a crop duster making pull ups and turns at the end of a swath run. Just prior to the crash, with the acft flying from west to east, a witness stated that the acft pulled up into 60-70 deg of pitch, put the left wing straight down and descend out of sight behind trees. The sound of the crash was heard and shortly smoke was sighted. The acft descent angle was near vertical at impact. Sunrise was just above horizon.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66297
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-75979
- Airframe hours
- 4,938
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harless Aviation
- Registered owner
- Randy Childs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 26, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- JES · Jesup, GA
- Airport
- JES · Jesup-Wayne Co.
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 120 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMG, 25 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.