- Date
- August 30, 1982, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Farmerville, LA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N66222Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820830042729A
- Case key
- 70669
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
All available runway - not usedCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot made a downwind takeoff from an intersection of the runway. The aircraft failed to clear trees at the departure end of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66222
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075930
- Airframe hours
- 2,642
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James Earl Alexander
- Registered owner
- John D. Bolton
- Departed
- Farmerville, LA
- Destination
- Farmerville, LA
- Airport
- runway 34, 3,000 × 0 ft
N66222Registration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 2,040 in this make and model · 4,335 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 199 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 25 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.