Cessna 150F accident near Muskogee, OK
On April 21, 1998, a Cessna 150F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Muskogee, OK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 21, 1998
- Place
- Muskogee, OK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.720°N, 95.469°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X09845
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 21, 1998, at 1550 central daylight time, a Cessna 150F airplane, N8720G, was destroyed upon impact with terrain following a loss of control during initial climb after takeoff from the Hatbox Airport near Muskogee, Oklahoma. The flight instructor and the private pilot receiving instruction were fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by Grassroots Aviation Inc., of Cookson , Oklahoma, under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local instructional flight for which a flight plan was not filed. The flight departed from the Davis Airport, also in Muskogee, Oklahoma, at approximately 1535. According to personnel at the Davis Airport, the flight instructor arrived at Davis Airport from Goodson at approximately 1500 to pick up the private pilot for his second period of flight instruction. The 74 year old pilot receiving instruction had been inactive since 1973 and needed proficiency training prior to joining the local unit of the Civil Air Patrol. The airplane was observed by a witness to be performing touch and go landings on runway 35 at the Hatbox Airport. While on the initial takeoff climb portion of the third takeoff, the witness observed the airplane bank to the left as the nose dropped towards the ground. The airplane impacted on the airfield, in the infield grass area between the approach ends of runways 11 and 17. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The flight instructor has been flying since October 1977, when she first obtained a student pilot certificate. She was issued a commercial pilot certificate on June
Probable cause
The inadvertent stall as result of the pilot's failure to retract the flaps from the fully extended position prior to takeoff. Factors were the gusting winds and the pilot's failure to follow the before takeoff checklist.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
