- Date
- September 2, 1990, 12:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Mannington Twp, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60711Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900902037839A
- Case key
- 36732
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Probable cause
The pilot stalled and lost control of the airplane while taking off.
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
During take off the airplane was seen by witnesses to be at a slow airspeed. The nose of the airplane came up and stalled at about 80 feet AGL. The airplane descended uncontrolled and hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60711
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070518
- Airframe hours
- 2,497
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Irving Heinly
- Registered owner
- Irvin W Heinly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 30, 1989 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- Salem, NJ
- Destination
- N47 · Pottstown, PA
- Airport
- JY00 · Rainbow'S End, runway 18, 1,600 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 505 total · 505 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.