- Date
- July 21, 1982, 19:15 local (Jul 22, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- North Little Ro, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60246Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820721032909A
- Case key
- 72040
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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
After a right turn after takeoff from rwy 17 the plt declared an emergency. A witness heard the eng backfiring. The plt continued the right turn & attempted a landing on rwy 35. He was described as being too high & hot, & touched down, or almost touched down, near the departure end of the rwy. He made a go-around with full flaps extended & just cleared trees at the north end of rwy 35. His maneuvers immediately prior to the crash were described in terms of a spin. Both magnetoes were disassembled & contained an abnormal amount of grease & oil. The right magneto's high voltage contact finger of the distributor was coated with grease & oil at the contact point. The exhaust valve of the #3 cylinder was stuck. The #3 cylinder top spark plug was not operating.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60246
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 70167
- Airframe hours
- 3,142
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jessie Yound
- Registered owner
- Jessie Yound
- Departed
- North Little Ro, AR
- Destination
- North Little Ro, AR
- Airport
- North Little Rock, runway 35, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 227 total · 219 in this make and model · 219 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 181 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N60246 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.