- Date
- March 11, 1988, 16:37 local (21:37 UTC)
- Place
- Sylva, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1258QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880311005069A
- Case key
- 7589
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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 pilot was conducting a local pleasure flight when the airplane was seen in the boxed canyon maneuvering. The witness said that the pilot was getting lower on each pass, until the airplane was about 300 feet above the ground when the airplane went into a wing over and subsequent spin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1258Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072558
- Airframe hours
- 4,185
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tdb Flyers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 22, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- 24A
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 292 total · 90 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.