Cessna 150F N7717F

Summary

On 14 March 1984 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N7717F was involved in an accident near Bardstown, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 March 1984 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bardstown, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Samuels Field (BRY)

Coordinates

37.8094, -85.4598

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N7717F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA139

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CFI FLEW ONE PATTERN WITH THE STUDENT AND SENT HIM SOLO.DURING THE ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RWY & HIT A DIRT BANK. THE STUDENT SAID THE RUDDER PEDALS WOULD NOT MOVE. REPORTEDLY A WRENCH WAS FOUND JAMMED IN THE RUDDER PEDALS. SOME MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN DONE EARLIER IN THE DAY BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CFI COMMENTED THAT THE RUDDERPEDALS HAD BEEN BINDING BEFORE HE GOT OUT OF THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.