- Date
- October 5, 1986, 09:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Scott, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N22943Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861005047549A
- Case key
- 34267
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The purpose of the flt was to observe and photograph the effects of a flood which had inundated a part of the city of Fort Scott. The acft was observed flying low and slow over the city. Witnesses said the acft was flying from west to east and made a turn back to the west. It then entered a spin at too low an altitude to recover. The acft impacted in a water filled ditch and did not move after impact. According to his log book the plt had flown 3.9 hrs in 1984, 7.3 hrs in 1985, and 2.6 hrs in 1986. There was no flying time recorded for the past 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22943
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068635
- Airframe hours
- 4,309
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Scott Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richard W. Freeman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1985 · 112 hours before
- Departed
- FSK
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 19 in this make and model · 80 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNU, 39 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.