- Date
- July 21, 1982, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N18727Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721030749A
- Case key
- 72279
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
Aerobatics - performedFactor
Stall/spin - intentionalFactor
Altitude - misjudgedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Both plts onboard were cfi's. the acft was observed to slow down & enter a stall/spin which continued to impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18727
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 74065
- Airframe hours
- 2,448
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Associates
- Registered owner
- Aviation Associates
- Departed
- Dwight, IL
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,444 total · 120 in this make and model · 1,303 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.