- Date
- July 9, 1990, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lanett, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2947SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900709024849A
- Case key
- 8140
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall.
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
A witness rprtd that shortly after taking off from rwy 8, the plt initiated a right turn, then the acft went into a nose down attitude & crashed. Impact occurred in a wooded area just south of the rwy. No preimpact mechanical problem was evident. The acft was estimated to be about 15 lbs over its max wt limit. The density alt was about 2800 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2947S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066847
- Airframe hours
- 4,383
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- James M. Kenney
- Departed
- 7A3
- Destination
- 06A · Tuskegee, AL
- Airport
- 7A3 · Lanett Airport, runway 8, 3,157 × 80 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 830 total · 550 in this make and model · 166 as pilot in command · 101 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- CSG, 25 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.