- Date
- April 15, 1988, 15:56 local (21:56 UTC)
- Place
- Deer Lodge, MT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13788Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880415009289A
- Case key
- 17361
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 engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Ignition system,magneto - erodedFactor
Ignition system,magneto - disabledFactor
Abrupt maneuver
Aircraft weight and balance - exceededFactor
Airspeed(vso) - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13788
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 59776
- Airframe hours
- 3,751
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E30, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sanders, Frank C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 7, 1987 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- 38S · Deer Lodge, MT
- Destination
- 153 · Forsyth, MT
- Airport
- 385 · Deer Lodge City, runway 30, 4,400 × 75 ft, asphalt
N13788Registration cancelled Feb 28, 2011 · Cessna 150CAirframe modelCessna 150CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,053 total · 70 in this make and model · 1,116 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.