- Date
- August 9, 1982, 19:30 local (Aug 10, 1982, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Plains, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2319VCessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820809042519A
- Case key
- 73010
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - open fieldFactor
Analysis
The pilot was practicing short field takeoffs and maneuvered to clear a 50 foot barrier. He stalled the aircraft and was unable to recover before impacting the ground, nose and right wing first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2319V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14555
- Airframe hours
- 4,458
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond L. Fine
- Registered owner
- Raymond L. Fine
- Departed
- H63 · West Plains, MO
- Destination
- H63 · West Plains, MO
- Airport
- H63 · West Plains, runway 32, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 645 total · 360 in this make and model · 583 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 174 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 80 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.