- Date
- January 19, 1990, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- E. Prospect, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6017GCessna C150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900119000859A
- Case key
- 36599
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Probable cause
Pilot's improper execution of emergency procedures after the engine failed. The pilot lost control of the airplane while maneuver the airplane back to the airstrip during the forced landing. The pilot stalled the airplane at too low an altitude to recover.
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 the airplane was observed over the end of the runway. The engine sputtered then stopped, the pilot attempted to return to the airport, the airplane stalled and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6017G
- Reported as
- Cessna C150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071517
- Airframe hours
- 3,275
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Austin R. Stover
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1989 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- East Prospect, PA
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 457 total · 67 in this make and model · 415 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CXY, 20 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.