- Date
- May 17, 1986, 10:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6013TCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860517017959A
- Case key
- 25162
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Judgment - poorFactor
Altitude - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft collided with a 60 foot tall pine tree while maneuvering over a residential area. The pilot indicated that he was heading west at 750 feet above the ground with 30 degrees of flaps at approximately 60 mph airspeed with fifty percent power applied. He was shouting and waving to his wife on the ground when the tree was contacted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6013T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060713
- Airframe hours
- 3,334
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1985 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- Mojave, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,443 total · 246 in this make and model · 1,443 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF, 5 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.