- Date
- November 28, 1986, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rockford, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8703SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861128062459A
- Case key
- 13704
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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
Shortly after takeoff at about 100 feet AGL, pilot reports the engine lost power, aircraft stalled, entered a spin, and collided with the ground. Inspection of the aircraft and magnetos did not disclose any discrepancies other than possible coil deterioration.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8703S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062003
- Airframe hours
- 3,271
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mark Lund
- Registered owner
- Mark Lund, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- LL78
- Airport
- LL78 · Lund
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 484 total · 350 in this make and model · 457 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RFD, 10 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.