- Date
- June 4, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Nevada, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N11753Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860604021379A
- Case key
- 34190
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses stated that the student appeared nervous while performing the preflight inspection for what was to be her second supervised solo flight. After engine start and initial taxi, the student began to exercise the throttle in an erratic fashion, sometimes gunning the engine to full power, according to witnesses. The aircraft gathered momentum and careened between buildings and rows of parked aircraft, prompting her flight instructor to go chasing after her. The aircraft left the ramp at a high rate of speed, struck an embankment and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11753
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075613
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger L. Pointer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- 1Y4 · Nevada 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
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 30 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.