ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293990
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| Date: | Sunday 20 March 2005 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Read Enterprises Inc. |
| Registration: | N6828F |
| MSN: | 15063428 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Continental 0-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tontitown, Arkansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tontitown, AR |
| Tontitown, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the second flight of the day, the 450-hour private pilot and passenger departed runway 36 (a private 2,200-foot long by 50-foot wide grass runway) with a tailwind. At approximately 300 feet above ground level (agl) it was observed that "the nose of the plane was too steep and the plane malfunctioned causing it to stall out and dive towards the ground." The airplane impacted the ground while in a nose low attitude and came to rest upright in a grass field approximately 250 feet west and about 1,500 feet from the departure end of the runway. Examination of the airplane's propeller revealed damage consistent with engine power. At 1353, the weather observation facility at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA), located approximately 8 nautical miles northwest of the site of the accident, was reporting the wind from 150 degrees at 10 knots. At 1352, the weather observation facility at Drake Field Airport (FYV), located approximately 10 nautical miles southeast of the site of the accident, was reporting the wind from 200 degrees at 7 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's falure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A contributing factor was the prevailing tailwind.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DFW05LA092
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2022 16:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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