- Date
- July 7, 1989, 08:39 local (14:39 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6318KCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890707034219A
- Case key
- 17736
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain adequate speed for the turning maneuver (to avoid an obstacle) and inadvertently allowed the aircraft to stall. Contributing factors were: improper uuse of the flaps, high density altitude, and a high obstruction.
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
After making a touch-&-go landing, the plt began a takeoff with 10 deg of flaps. The flt manual rcmdd takeoffs be made with the flaps fully retracted, except for short field takeoffs or takeoffs on soft or rough fields with no obstacles ahead. The plt stated that after climbing to about 300' AGL, he noted the acft was not climbing properly & that the eng did not seem to be providing full power. He did not check the eng instruments to verify the eng performance. He lowered the nose to accelerate & started a right turn to avoid an obstacle. At about that time, the acft stalled, then crashed before the pilot could recover from a descent. There was evidence the eng was developing power at impact. A teardown of the eng revealed no evidence of a part failure or malfunction. Density altitude at the arpt was aprx 6500'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6318K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077640
- Airframe hours
- 3,403
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hadenbach, Bill, doing business as Spitfire Leasing
- Registered owner
- Spitfire Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 22, 1988 · 98 hours before
- Airport
- BTF · Salt Lake Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 60 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 37 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 5 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.