- Date
- April 30, 1986, 16:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Harrisburg, NE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10768Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860430015279A
- Case key
- 34065
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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
The acft impacted in a 40 degree nose down attitude following a stall-spin. No mechanical descrepancies were noted with the acft and no pre-existing physical incapacitating history of the PIC was discovered. On two separate occasions prior to this flt, the PIC had asked his flt instructor to demonstrate 'hammer head' stalls. But the flt instructor declined. Wx was considered good VFR for the solo cross-country training flight. Radar showed the acft maneuvering away fm the planned route of flight just prior to disappearing from radar contact. The impact occurred shortly after radar contact was lost.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10768
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075021
- Airframe hours
- 7,648
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Emery School Of Aviation
- Registered owner
- Johnson & Johnson Education
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 27, 1986 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Destination
- GXY · Greeley, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 34 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFF, 25 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.