- Date
- February 9, 1992, 13:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Covington, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3966VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920209002319A
- Case key
- 18350
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain proper object clearance. A factor was his decision to perform the low pass.
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 low level flight the airplane was maneuvering in an attempt to fly over a farmer on his tractor. The right wing struck a tree 34 feet above the ground and severed a six foot section of the wing. The airplane went out of control for 450 feet before ground impact. Two crew members on board, an instructor pilot and a rated student pilot, had both graduated from the U.S.A.f. flight training program within the past 30 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3966V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076668
- Airframe hours
- 7,141
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Laverne Friesen, doing business as Northwest Aero Services, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Laverne Friesen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1992 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- WDG · Enid, OK
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 655 total · 355 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.