- Date
- January 14, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cedartown, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12NFCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880114000539A
- Case key
- 7581
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Stolen aircraft/unauthorized use - attempted
Buzzing - intentionalFactor
Ostentatious displayFactor
Stall warning system - inoperativeFactor
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Impairment(alcohol)Cause
Lack of recent experienceFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12NF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150677222
- Airframe hours
- 6,441
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Three Rivers Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1987 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- RMG · Rome, GA
N12NFRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 53 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.