- Date
- February 2, 1988, 08:47 local (15:47 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N61305Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880202001699A
- Case key
- 25808
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Probable cause
Inadvertent entry into a stall/spin by the pilot-in-command.
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 instructor pilot and his student, who had recently received his private airman's certificate, departed on an early morning training flight. The private airman was continuing his training towards a commercial airman's certificate. A flight plan was not filed for the flight. The aircraft was discovered missing approximately four hours after departure and an aerial search was initiated. The aircraft wreckage was found about five miles from the airport, approximately three hours after the search began. The wreckage indicated that the acft was turning left in a nose down attitude at the moment of ground contact. The horns of both control yokes were broken. The prop showed evidence of engine power at impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61305
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070951
- Airframe hours
- 2,468
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cochise Community College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 16, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- P03 · Douglas, AZ
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 75 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DUG, 3 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.