- Date
- August 22, 1988, 20:00 local (Aug 23, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bellbrook, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8660GCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880822035019A
- Case key
- 13967
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Probable cause
Failure of the PIC to maintain sufficient airspeed to sustain flight during initial climb to clear a barrier after taking off from an off airport area.
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
A witness rprtd the plt/owner made an off-arpt landing. The witness said he went to the acft while the eng was still running & talked to the plt. The plt told the witness that the eng was overheating, so he (the plt) decided to land in the field to let the eng cool down. Subsequently, the plt initiated a takeoff. However, shortly after lift-off, while attempting to climb over trees, the acft entered a steep descent & crashed in a nose down attitude. The acft came to rest on its nose with no movement after impact. An exam of the acft & eng revealed no mechanical defects & no evidence of overheating. The last annual inspection of the acft was dated 8/4/86.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8660G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062760
- Airframe hours
- 4,598
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David J. Martin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1986
- Departed
- 40I · Waynesville, OH
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.