- Date
- September 22, 1988, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Luverne, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3772JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880922046419A
- Case key
- 7815
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Analysis
The plt reported that he was flying at about 7-800 ft AGL while inspecting timber for insect damage when the engine suddenly lost power. He could not recover enough power to sustain flt, so he selected a pasture for his impending forced ldg. He reported that the field was rough and just before the airplane stopped on its ldg roll, the nose gear collided with a fire ant hill and collapsed. The airplane nosed over. The mechanic who recovered the airplane stated that he did not find fuel in the airplane and that the pasture was suitable landing site. He reported that the evidence indicated that the airplane had touched down in a skid. He said that there were no fire ant hills in the field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3772J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065072
- Airframe hours
- 3,657
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry L. Caylor
- Registered owner
- Jerry L Caylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 18, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- TOI · Troy, AL
- Airport
- 04A · Sikes
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Commercial, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,404 total · 108 in this make and model · 1,225 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MGM, 40 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 N3772J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.