ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363781
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| Date: | Saturday 22 February 1992 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Graff, Kenneth |
| Registration: | N7896E |
| MSN: | 17696 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4268 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clarksville, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT THE PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN THE FLYING AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HEAR THE STALL WARNING INDICATOR AND BELIEVED THAT IT WAS NOT WORKING OR NOT INSTALLED. AS THE LEFT WING DROPPED AND THE NOSE FELL, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER GOT THE FLAPS UP AND AS THE AIRPLANE GOT ENOUGH SPEED THE PILOT STATED THAT HE PULLED THE YOKE FULL BACK AND THE AIRPLANE WAS STARTING TO CLIMB WHEN THE NOSE IMPACTED THE TREE. THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED UNCONTROLLED TO THE GROUND. THE OPERATOR DID NOT CONDUCT A CHECKFLIGHT OF THE PILOT. BOARD INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE STALL WARNING SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED AND CAPABLE OF FUNCTIONING. AN ENGINE TEST RUN DID NOT REVEAL ANY ANOMALIES.
Probable Cause: THE PILOTS INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE OPERATOR'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW92FA073
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 06:05 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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