- Date
- March 23, 1984, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Holbrook, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N66390Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840323007289A
- Case key
- 24208
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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 acft collided with a mound of rubble during an aborted takeoff. The takeoff was attempted uphill to avoid buildings and wires according to the plt. The density alt was 6200 ft. after the collision the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66390
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076014
- Airframe hours
- 39
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thunderbird Academy
- Registered owner
- Conference Corp. Of Az
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1983 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- PRI · Holebrook, AZ
- Destination
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- Private Strip
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,042 total · 1,605 in this make and model · 1,854 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 113 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.