Cessna 150G N3400J

Summary

On 17 July 2002 at about 13:05 local time, a Cessna 150G registered N3400J, operated by Steven H. Pearson, was involved in an accident near Duncanville, Alabama, 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

17 July 2002 at 13:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Duncanville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Tuscaloosa Municipal (TCL)

Coordinates

33.0497, -87.4225

Aircraft

Cessna 150G

Registration

N3400J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Steven H. Pearson

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fairhope → Tuscaloosa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL02FA143

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed , which resulted in an inadvertent stall, and subsequent collision with the ground. A contributing factor was low level flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

A witness stated that while traveling westward on U.S. Highway 82, en route to the airport, he saw the Cessna 150, also westbound, flying parallel to the highway on his left side. He estimated the airplane's altitude as 50 to 100 feet above ground level (AGL), in level flight. The airplane was about one-quarter of a mile ahead of the car when he saw it climb steeply, and then turned left and descended straight down disappearing behind some trees. Examination of the airplane found that the leading edges of both wings were crushed aft at approximately a 55-degree nose down angle relative to level flight. Both wings were bulged outward (ballooned) in the area of the fuel tanks. Examination of the airframe and engine failed to disclose any pre-existing structural or mechanical malfunctions

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.