- Date
- September 13, 1986, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N10539Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860913044739A
- Case key
- 7193
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt landed at the airstrip on his fathers farm as the third stop of the day. He reported that during the attempted takeoff he hit a tree and stalled the acft. His student pilot certificate had been signed off for his first x-country flt the day prior to the accident. When the acft was examined after the accident the right yoke was not installed. There was damage to the rudder pedals on the right side of the acft. There were reports of more than one person in the acft at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10539
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074905
- Airframe hours
- 2,946
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Chester S. Rapp
- Registered owner
- Deith P. Shrader
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1986 · 56 hours before
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG, 12 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.