ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180265
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| Date: | Thursday 8 October 2015 |
| Time: | 13:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7064 |
| MSN: | 15061830 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3806 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental 0-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Southeast Houston, Matanuska-Matanuska Borough, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Big Lake, AK (9AK7) |
| Big Lake, AK (PAGQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo pilot departed from a gravel-covered airstrip. Witnesses reported that they saw the airplane make a left, 270-degree turn and eventually overfly the departure end of the airstrip. The airplane then climbed to about 300 ft above ground level, flew in a southeasterly direction over a nearby house, then began a climbing left turn. Witnesses said that the airplane pitched up, the left wing dropped, and the airplane descended vertically, nose first, disappearing behind a stand of tall trees. The airplane subsequently collided with a paved, rural roadway. A postcrash fire incinerated a large portion of the airplane’s cockpit, left wing, and fuselage. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Given the lack of mechanical deficiencies with the airplane and engine, the witness statements, and the nature of the damage to the airplane, it is likely that the pilot inadvertently exceeded the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and a loss of control.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack while maneuvering, which resulted in a stall at too low an altitude to allow recovery.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7064
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2015 00:44 | Geno | Added |
| 09-Oct-2015 00:45 | Geno | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Feb-2017 17:41 | PiperOnslaught | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2017 09:57 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2017 10:02 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 10:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 10:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 10:06 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 10:07 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 10:08 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Aug-2017 12:47 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source] |
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