- Date
- April 18, 1986, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake City, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N63636Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860418013109A
- Case key
- 7091
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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
While filming for king kong productions, a Cessna 150, flown by the production pilot collided with bowel mountain near Lake City, TN the pilot was flying low over the terrain when the aircraft failed to climb as fast as the pilot anticipated. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. There were no reported aircraft malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63636
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-77444
- Airframe hours
- 4,028
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- King Kong Production
- Registered owner
- East Tenn Pilots Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1986 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- Jacksboro, TN
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,183 total · 52 in this make and model · 1,079 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.