- Date
- September 6, 1991, 19:25 local (Sep 7, 1991, 02:25 UTC)
- Place
- Yamhill, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N19578Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910906038729A
- Case key
- 41338
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Probable cause
Inadequate inflight planning/decisions. Factors to the accident were: an uncontrolled stall, a tail wind, remedial action was not performed, and poor compensation for wind conditions.
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, during the initial climb, with a 25 knot tail wind, gusting to 35 knots, the airplane was viewed to make three s turns with a higher than normal angle of attack. During a turn to the left, the nose of the airplane dropped vertical to the terrain. The airplane then collided with the terrain, on the edge of an open field, in a nose down attitude. A post crash fire destroyed the airplane and there were no noted mechanical failures or malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19578
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074501
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry Merin
- Registered owner
- Jerry Merin
- Airport
- OR05 · Flying M
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 350 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 25 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N19578 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.