- Date
- May 21, 1987, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Olla, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N56QQCessna A150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870521015699A
- Case key
- 22367
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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
Shortly after takeoff, witnesses observed the acft in a steep climb. Rprtdly, it then entered a left turn & appeared to stall. The plt stated that after about 180 deg of turn, he rolled out, nose low, leveled the wings, then a vibration started. Rprtdly, the acft began to shake as if it were in an accellerated stall. The plt pushed the yoke forward to break the stall, but the acft subsequently hit trees & crashed to the gnd. The plt suspected the vibration might have been fm something other than a stall; however, no preimpact part failure or malfunction was fnd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56QQ
- Reported as
- Cessna A150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500311
- Airframe hours
- 2,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Melton
- Registered owner
- Ralph R Milton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986
- Departed
- LA32
- Airport
- LA32 · Olla, runway 20, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,712 total · 1,614 in this make and model · 1,648 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °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.