- Date
- July 9, 1983, 09:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Roosevelt, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8378JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830709030099A
- Case key
- 23783
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Analysis
The acft collided with rising terrain during climb to cruise. According to the pilot the flt departed from an arpt wherethe elevation is 2361 ft. the flt proceeded toward nearby mountains whose elevation is about 5000 ft MSL. The acft rate of climb was about 150 ft a minute. The pilot tried to climb over the mountains but failed to clear a ridge line and crashed in a nose high attitude. The pilot attributes density alt and full load as factors in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8378J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066278
- Airframe hours
- 4,980
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Bethel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 24, 1983 · 57 hours before
- Destination
- P16 · Mesa, AZ
- Airport
- E75 · Grapevine, runway 34, 3,900 × 170 ft, gravel
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 116 total · 13 in this make and model · 116 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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