- Date
- December 21, 1985, 15:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Shawnee, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4066UCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851221063189A
- Case key
- 21880
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Analysis
The unlicensed plt was conducting an unauthorized flt when the accident occurred. The plt took off from a sod fld adjacent to a closed rwy at Shawnee, OK. Witnesses stated that the acft assumed an excessively nose high attitude immediately after takeoff and the left wing dropped followed by the nose at aprx 50 ft AGL. The acft impacted in an extreme nose down attitude. The plt, who was unrestrained, was fatally injured. The plt had received therapy for mental disorders over an extended period of time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4066U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061466
- Airframe hours
- 5,176
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lari Trollinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 26, 1984
- Departed
- SNL · Shawnee, OK
- Airport
- SNL · Shawnee Muni, runway 12, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.