Cessna 150 N3971U

Summary

On 13 June 1982 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N3971U, operated by Harold L. Phillips, was involved in an accident near Allen, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 1982 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Allen, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N3971U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Harold L. Phillips

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW82FPA12

2 people were 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

A WITNESS ATTENDING A HORSE SHOW OBSERVED THE ACFT FLY OVER THE FIELD AT LOW ALTITUDE IN A SLOW FLT & THAT SOMETHING WRAPPED IN PLASTIC WAS DROPPED FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE APPROACHING A STALL. THE ACFT THEN DISAPPEARED FROM HIS VIEW WHILE DESCENDING IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE OBJECT DROPPED WAS THE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION OF A DALLAS NEWSPAPER. THE PASSENGER WAS A DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE NEWSPAPER. THE PLT DID NOT POSSESS A PLT CERTIFICATE.HE HAD BEEN ISSUED A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE ON 3/8/79 WHICH EXPIRED 3/31/81.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.