- Date
- August 7, 1988, 20:00 local (Aug 8, 1988, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lees Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51390Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880807030829A
- Case key
- 34625
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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
Shortly after takeoff, on a touch and go, after a full flap landing, the CFI and student said they heard a loud bang about 150 AGL on climbout. The CFI took over the controls and said they were nonresponsive in pitch. Full throttle was maintained and they turned crosswind, to downwind, in a attempt to return for ldg. They reported an inability to exceed 60 to 65 mph IAS. An emergency landing was attempted in a field. During the rollout, the aircraft collided with a farm fence. Post-accident inspection revealed a partially separated empennage. Damaged area revealed no evidence of a progressive failure. The control cable continuity was confirmed. A post-accident engine run-up was normal considering the damaged propeller. The aircraft was burning automotive gasoline although no STC had been issued to this aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51390
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069971
- Airframe hours
- 4,264
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ida M. Young
- Registered owner
- Young, Ida M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 18, 1987 · 102 hours before
- Departed
- K84 · Lees Summit, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Lees Summit, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 738 total · 52 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.