- Date
- May 15, 1982, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Knowles, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50994Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820515016799A
- Case key
- 71283
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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
During a cross country flight the student pilot elected to land in a pasture near his home. On takeoff the aircraft collided with a fence resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot returned to the pasture and landed without further incident. Investigation revealed the student pilot was not authorized to land at this location.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50994
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069696
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Urbaniak
- Registered owner
- Donald Urbaniak
- Departed
- Knowles, OK
- Destination
- Knowles, OK
- Airport
- C.E. Bond Farm
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 32 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.