- Date
- August 26, 1990, 08:34 local (13:34 UTC)
- Place
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66369Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900826036049A
- Case key
- 23036
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed which resulted in an inadvertent stall during the steep turn. A factor was the door opening in flight.
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
The private pilot received his pilot's license the day before the accident. On the accident day, he had given his mother a ride, then took up his father. Tower said takeoff and climb was normal to 200 to 300 feet AGL. Pilot said he turned around for immediate landing, then said, 'I can't hear you.' From a nose high, steep left bank, the airplane went to the ground. It impacted near vertical. Witness first said he heard a loud bang, then saw airplane on the ground. He later said he heard a sputtering sound, then heard a loud bank, then saw the airplane on the ground. With impact damage repaired or replaced, on test stand, engine later ran to 2,710 RPM. During investigation, right door was found with diagonal impact mark that matched right wing strut. The right door lock and the door-post-lock- receptacle were not damaged. There was paint matching the right door, on the right wing strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66369
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075997
- Airframe hours
- 2,811
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Capitol City Air Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 4, 1990 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- BTR · Baton Rouge, LA
- Airport
- BTR · Metropolitan Ryan Field, runway 31, 6,999 × 150 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 68 total · 68 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 1 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.