- Date
- September 11, 1991, 11:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- Collinsville, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19083Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910911039319A
- Case key
- 23396
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Probable cause
The inadvertent stall by the pilot. A factor was the improper departure flap setting.
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 pilot was performing touch and go maneuvers at the private airstrip. The airplane was observed to land with full flaps and then take off. During the initial climb, the airplane's wings appeared to wobble before the nose dropped and it rolled to the left in a descent. It impacted into a residence's yard next to the runway. The pilot/owner died at the hospital. The examination of the wreckage revealed the flaps were set between 15 and 20 degrees at impact. No mechanical anomalies were noted to the airplane or its engine. The pilot's FAA medical had been denied in 1985.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19083
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074154
- Airframe hours
- 4,715
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Griffin
- Registered owner
- William H. Griffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1990 · 21 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Sand Ridge (Private), runway 17, 2,600 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 500 in this make and model · 450 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 72 °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.