ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296937
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| Date: | Thursday 18 July 2002 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Sherwin Wallick |
| Registration: | N8067S |
| MSN: | 15061667 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2340 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grants, New Mexico -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grants-Milan Airport, NM (GNT/KGNT) |
| Osceola Municipal Airport, WI (OEO/KOEO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he climbed approximately 350 feet and made one circle to climb to altitude. The airplane was having difficulty climbing. As he executed a shallow turn back toward the airport, the pilot had difficulty maintaining altitude. He was considering an off-field landing, but realized there was a soil berm in his flight path. The pilot "eased" the control column back to clear the berm, and the airplane stalled. The airplane then struck the ground, bending both wing tips up, and bending both the engine mount and firewall. The density altitude was calculated to be 9,322 feet. The service ceiling of the airplane was12,650 feet.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, and his failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the high density altitude conditions, the terrain barrier (berm).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN02LA079
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 12:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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