- Date
- July 3, 1988, 20:00 local (Jul 4, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2865SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880703024729A
- Case key
- 13949
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
Procedures/directives - not followedFactor
Low pass - performedFactor
Maneuver - improperCause
Airspeed - inadequateCause
Lack of recent experienceFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2865S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066765
- Airframe hours
- 2,255
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Reining
- Registered owner
- Reining, Robert L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- 12G · Shelby, OH
- Destination
- 12G
N2865SRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 91 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFD, 11 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.