- Date
- July 4, 1991, 21:33 local (Jul 5, 1991, 02:33 UTC)
- Place
- Faulkton, SD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6263RCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910704025729A
- Case key
- 15115
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
A private pilot took off near dusk to show a visiting relative the family farms from the air. The pilot's brother heard an aircraft overfly his house about the time of accident. A search commenced when the pilot and passenger did not return. The wreckage was found between farms less than one mile apart, occupied by the pilot and his brother. The airplane struck ground steeply nose down. No mechanical failure was discovered on the airframe or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6263R
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150 61563
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hass, Larry J. And Bower, Gary
- Registered owner
- Hass, Larry J. And Bower, Gary
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 230 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HON, 53 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.