Cessna A150L N56QQ

Summary

On 21 May 1987 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna A150L registered N56QQ, operated by Richard Melton, was involved in an accident near Olla, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 May 1987 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Olla, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Olla (LA32)

Coordinates

31.8901, -92.2308

Aircraft

Cessna A150L

Registration

N56QQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard Melton

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW87LA121

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT IN A STEEP CLIMB. RPRTDLY, IT THEN ENTERED A LEFT TURN & APPEARED TO STALL. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER ABOUT 180 DEG OF TURN, HE ROLLED OUT, NOSE LOW, LEVELED THE WINGS, THEN A VIBRATION STARTED. RPRTDLY, THE ACFT BEGAN TO SHAKE AS IF IT WERE IN AN ACCELLERATED STALL. THE PLT PUSHED THE YOKE FORWARD TO BREAK THE STALL, BUT THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY HIT TREES & CRASHED TO THE GND. THE PLT SUSPECTED THE VIBRATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN FM SOMETHING OTHER THAN A STALL; HOWEVER, NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.