- Date
- August 18, 1989, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Plainfield, IL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9329UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890818030579A
- Case key
- 14273
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command lost control of the aircraft following a premature lift-off resulting in an uncontrolled descent into the terrain.
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
On initial climbout the aircraft was observed by witnesses to be low and to have the wings rocking back and forth. Witnesses then described the aircraft departing controlled flight and impacting the terrain. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants sustained serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9329U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078278
- Airframe hours
- 2,842
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scott Hrdy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 13, 1989 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- 1C5 · Plainfield, IL
- Airport
- 1C5 · Clow Int'L, runway 36, 3,370 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 281 total · 81 in this make and model · 243 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 12 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.