- Date
- July 12, 1988, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Peck, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7940ZCessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880712026479A
- Case key
- 17495
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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.
Analysis
The pilot made a takeoff from a muddy, dirt, road. He said that after he become airborne he put his aircraft into a sharp turn in order to avoid some power lines. Although he was successful in avoiding the power lines, he inadvertently stalled the aircraft and was unable to recover before impact with the ground. He further stated that there was nothing wrong with his aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7940Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060040
- Airframe hours
- 4,418
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rabenberg, John R
- Registered owner
- Rabenberg, John R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1987 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,700 total · 2,100 in this make and model · 6,700 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.