Cessna 150L N10809

Summary

On 12 January 1997 at about 18:40 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N10809, operated by John A. Mignone, was involved in an accident near Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 January 1997 at 18:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Collegeville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Perkiomen Valley (N10)

Coordinates

40.1794, -75.4496

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N10809

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

John A. Mignone

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC97FA043

2 people died.

The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the forced landing, which resulted in a stall and collision with the ground. A contributing factor was wind gusts.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The flight instructor and the 50-hour student pilot were departing on a training flight. After takeoff, the airplane was observed in a steep climb attitude. This was followed by the left wing dropping and a nose-down descent until ground impact. One witness heard a sputtering engine on takeoff. A second witness heard a reduction in power and a few seconds afterwards the sound of the impact. Examination of the aircraft did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction. A local pilot and another flight instructor reported that they had observed the flight instructor climbing at what they thought were steep climbs during previous flights. A local pilot reported that the winds were 40 degrees to the right of the runway at 15 knots, with gusts to 22 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.