Cessna 150F N8917S

Summary

On 5 April 1986 at about 17:50 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8917S, operated by Rodney Hilten, was involved in an accident near Hannibal, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 April 1986 at 17:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Hannibal, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Hannibal Muni (HAE)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8917S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rodney Hilten

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jacksonville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86FA080

1 person was seriously 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 STUDENT PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WITH A RIGHT CROSSWIND COMPONENT IN EXCESS OF 15 KNOTS. HE USED A CRAB ANGLE ON FINAL BUT AS THE ACFT APCH THE RWY HE APPLIED RUDDER. HE SAID, WITH FULL RUDDER THE ACFT WAS STILL NOT ALIGNED WITH THE RWY AND HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND. HE THEN APPLIED FULL PWR BUT FAILED TO RELEASE LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE AND THE ACFT ABRUPTLY TURNED LEFT. THERE WERE TREES AHEAD AND WHEN THE PLT TRIED TO CLIMB TO CLEAR THE TREES THE ACFT STALLED AND CRASHED. THE STUDENT'S CFI FURNISHED THE STUDENT WITH AN ARPT ADVISORY BEFORE HE BEGAN THE APCH. THE WINDS FURNISHED IN THE ADVISORY SHOWED A RIGHT QUARTERING CROSSWIND OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.