ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36939
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| Date: | Thursday 6 April 1989 |
| Time: | 11:52 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Rusk Aviation |
| Registration: | N3892V |
| MSN: | 15076648 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2187 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kankakee, IL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (IKK) |
| (IKK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS GIVING INSTRUCTION TO A CFI APPLICANT FOR HIS INITIAL CFI RATING. TWO WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT NEAR THE airport BEFORE IT CRASHED. ONE WITNESS SAID IT WAS FLYING 'STRAIGHT' ON A NORTHWESTERLY HEADING, WHEN HE 'NOTICED THE PLANE GO UP & THEN IT JUST FELL DOWN, BUT IN A FORWARD MOTION.' HE LOST VIEW OF THE ACFT, BUT REALIZED IT HAD CRASHED. ANOTHER WITNESS SAID HE SAW THE ACFT IN A STEEP DSCNT BEFORE IT CRASHED. AN EXAM OF THE CRASH SITE REVEALED THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED ABOUT 1/2 MI NORTHEAST OF THE APCH END OF RWY 22, ON A HEADING OF 295 DEG. ANOTHER PLT THOUGHT HE HEARD THE CREW RPRT ON UNICOM FREQ THAT THEY WOULD BE LANDING ON RWY 16, THOUGH THE WIND FAVORED RWY 4 OR 34.THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE ACFT IMPACTED NOSEWHEEL 1ST, THEN SOMERSAULTED (TUMBLED FORWARD) BEFORE COMING TO REST. NO PRE-ACDNT PROBLEM WAS FOUND CONCERNING THE ACFT OR CREW. CAUSE: FAILURE OF THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X28055_
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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