- Date
- June 4, 1990, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sturgis, SD
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6418FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900604020849A
- Case key
- 17941
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Probable cause
Pilot inadvertently stalling the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 plt was spraying his brother's field with 2-4-D. He made a wide right turn to start another spray run. The bank was tightened to align the acft with the swath path. The acft stalled and crashed. Post-crash investigation revealed the plt had installed a spray kit on the acft, but had failed to have the acft inspected by a certified maintenance inspector. There were no entries made in the maintenance log, and no FAA form 337 had been completed. The plt did not obtain a 14 CFR 137 certificate, and only held a student plt certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6418F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063018
- Airframe hours
- 4,272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Baker, Norbert J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 22, 1989
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
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 31 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.
Other investigations on N6418F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.