- Date
- June 13, 1982, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Allen, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3971UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820613023749A
- Case key
- 69737
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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
A witness attending a horse show observed the acft fly over the field at low altitude in a slow flt & that something wrapped in plastic was dropped from the acft. The acft was in a nose high attitude approaching a stall. The acft then disappeared from his view while descending in a nose high attitude. The object dropped was the Sunday morning edition of a dallas newspaper. The passenger was a district manager of the newspaper. The plt did not possess a plt certificate. He had been issued a student plt certificate on 3/8/79 which expired 3/31/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3971U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061371
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harold L. Phillips
- Registered owner
- Harold L. Phillips
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
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 N3971U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.