ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145222
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| Date: | Saturday 21 April 2012 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7911F |
| MSN: | 15064011 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fairbanks International Airport - PAFA, Fairbanks, Al -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairbanks, AK (PAFA) |
| Fairbanks, AK (PAFA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot departed on a solo local area practice flight. He said that during the takeoff roll, he held forward pressure on the yoke to keep the nose wheel on the ground. At 50 mph, he let the nose wheel come off the ground, and the airplane rotated into a steep climb. He tried to push the nose down, but the stall warning horn sounded, and the airplane descended toward the ground. He said he did not reduce engine power, and he did not remember checking the elevator trim position before takeoff.
Another student pilot who flew the airplane earlier, reported that he was with an instructor and that his flight was uneventful. He said there were no problems associated with the airplane’s controls. His last landing was a simulated engine out, and he utilized a lot of nose-up trim to maintain the best angle of glide. He said he does not routinely return the trim to neutral after a flight.
An inspection of the airplane showed the trim was set close to the full nose-up position. It is likely that the pilot did not check the trim setting during the pretakeoff inspection, which would have been indicated in the pretakeoff checklist. No interference was found with the flight controls.
Probable Cause: The student pilot did not control the airplane’s pitch attitude, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall during the takeoff initial climb. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to use the pre-takeoff checklist.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/18321543/article-1-injured-in-small-plane-crash-at-fairbanks-airport/?instance=home_news_window_left_top_4
https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/03_7911F.txt
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7911F&x=0&y=0
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120421X20827&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1999 | N7911F | Private | 0 | Fairbanks, AK | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2012 04:32 | gerard57 | Added |
| 23-Apr-2012 09:34 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2012 00:07 | Geno | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 27-Nov-2017 20:35 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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