# NTSB MIA86FA059: Cessna 150M, N714AY, Summerfield, FL, January 13, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1986, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place: Summerfield, FL
- Location: 29.0086° N, 82.0348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Summerfield, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0086&lon=-82.0348&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31478
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86FA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31478/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA059

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PRIVATE PILOT DEPARTED THE SOD AIRFIELD AND WAS OBSERVED TO PERFORM A STEEP ROTATION AND INTITAL CLIMB. THE WINDS WERE OFF THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT TAIL AND WERE OBSERVED TO BE GUSTY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN OBSERVED TO LOSE CONTROL AND ENTER A SPIN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A 60 DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N714AY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-79038
- Airframe hours: 1434
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William C. Mcilhenny
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1985, 18 hours before
- Departed: SUMMERFIELD, FL
- Destination: VRB, VERO BEACH, FL
- Airport: Summerfield, runway 10, 3,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 691 total, 260 in this make and model, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OCF, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860113000579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860113000579A), Jan 13, 1986: Cessna 150M, Summerfield, FL, Destroyed. Witnesses saw aircraft takeoff, climb steeply over trees and impact ground. No mechanical malfunction found.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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