- Date
- May 16, 1987, 17:19 local (21:19 UTC)
- Place
- Scotts, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8331MCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870516013469A
- Case key
- 13640
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
Buzzing - improperFactor
Airspeed(vso) - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Altitude - inadequateFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The airplane had been circling a residence at tree top level when a witness saw the nose drop and the acft descend steeply toward the terrain. The airplane struck a power line before ground impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8331M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500031
- Engine
- Continental O-200-R, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- F. C. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1986
- Departed
- Scott, MI
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 665 total · 545 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AZO, 2 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.