- Date
- March 25, 1982, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Omaha, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21932Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820325006219A
- Case key
- 72091
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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
During a maximum angle climb after lift-off, the aircraft stalled while climbing through about 200 to 300 ft AGL. The pilot stated that he lowered the nose to obtain a faster airspeed. However, he believed that the plane descended into diminishing headwinds while maintaining a constant ground speed. The aircraft crashed about 10 ft right and about halfway down the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21932
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074547
- Airframe hours
- 1,960
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William D. R. Janzen
- Registered owner
- Ronald E. Clapsaddle
- Departed
- MLE · Omaha, NE
- Destination
- MLE · Omaha, NE
- Airport
- MLE · Millard, runway 30, 3,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 365 in this make and model · 1,460 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 99 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OMA, 12 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.