- Date
- July 28, 1991, 19:05 local (Jul 29, 1991, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cut And Shoot, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5707ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910728030279A
- Case key
- 23372
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable terrain.
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
During a daylight departure, the engine lost complete power during the initial climb at about 125 feet above the ground. The pilot elected to land straight ahead due to insufficient altitude to reverse direction back to the runway. As he approached the trees just off the departure end of the runway, he stalled the airplane deliberately so that he would not enter the trees at a high velocity. The cause of the power loss was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5707E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17207
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Travis Schank
- Registered owner
- Travis Schank
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,000 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °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.