- Date
- April 25, 1988, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1491QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880425009909A
- Case key
- 7600
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 engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,rocker arm/tappet - fracturedCause
Maintenance,annual inspection - inadequateFactor
Exhaust system,manifold/pipe - loose
Maintenance,overhaul,major - improperFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1491Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072791
- Airframe hours
- 1,943
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Little Creek School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1988 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- TN04 · Knoxville, TN
- Airport
- TN04 · Little Creek, runway 22, 2,100 × 116 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,127 total · 1,021 in this make and model · 1,879 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 4 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.
Other investigations on N1491Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.