ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42272
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Date: | Sunday 2 July 1989 |
Time: | 15:43 |
Type: | Cessna 150L |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N16004 |
MSN: | 15073403 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5015 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sugar Grove, IL -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | West Chicago, IL (DPA) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT WERE ATTEMPTING TO CONDUCT TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT. FIRST GUST FROM A THUNDERSTORM WAS ENCOUNTERED, WHILE THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND. WITNESSES ESTIMATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 300 TO 400 FEET ON THE DOWNWIND LEG, WHEN THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SPIN. NO RECOVERY WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND UNCONTROLLED. CAUSE: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALL SPEED, AND A STALL/SPIN ENCOUNTERED WITH INADEQUATE ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THUNDERSTORM, PRE-FLIGHT BRIEFING NOT OBTAINED AND POOR WEATHER EVALUATION BY THE PILOT.
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X28754 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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