- Date
- July 24, 1982, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Davenport, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9270UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820724034239A
- Case key
- 70414
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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
Unauthorized persons stole money and aircraft keys and attempted a takeoff in a Cessna 150 from a taxiway. The aircraft collided with a runway light and stalled after flying a few hundred feet. The parties involved have not been identified. Injury index is presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9270U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078220
- Airframe hours
- 2,314
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Midwest Aviation Corporation
- Registered owner
- Midwest Aviation Corporation
- Departed
- DVN · Davenport, IA
- Airport
- DVN · Davenport Municipal
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
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.