- Date
- July 4, 1986, 18:44 local (23:44 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8602GCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860704030729A
- Case key
- 13351
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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 plt rprtd that while circling around farm fields, he entered a turn & was looking behind the acft when it entered a power-on stall, then began to spin. Rprtdly, the acft was in a nose high attitude when it stalled. The plt stopped the rotation & was nearly recovered from a dscnt when the acft struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8602G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062702
- Airframe hours
- 2,808
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David D. Reid
- Registered owner
- Blue Wanderes Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1985 · 107 hours before
- Departed
- MZZ · Marion, IN
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 114 in this make and model · 174 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N8602G · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.