- Date
- August 1, 1990, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Baker Hill, AL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N60518Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32563
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Probable cause
An inadvertent stall/spin. Factors were airspeed not maintained, altitude inadequate for safe recovery, and attention diverted.
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 law enforcement officer was conducting aerial observation at a low altitude in a rental airplane attempting to locate marijuana crops. There were no witnesses to the accident. The airplane was found in an open field. Examination of the airplane and engine revealed no preexisting failures. Law enforcement officers on the ground had heard the airplane flying at low level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60518
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070368
- Airframe hours
- 3,342
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dixon Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1990 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- EUF · Eufaula, AL
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 100 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 24 nm away