- Date
- August 14, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Heartwellville, VT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N19363Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870814046059A
- Case key
- 30458
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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 pilot of the Cessna 150 was on a solo flight to practice several maneuvers including stalls. At about 4000 ft MSL, then aircraft was climbing with power on when it stalled and went into a spin. The pilot managed to get the nose up just prior to impact with the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19363
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074365
- Airframe hours
- 1,220
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Esposito'S Flying Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 29, 1987 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 2B6 · North Adams, MA
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 22 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALB, 35 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.