Olla Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Olla, Louisiana 71465
Thursday, May 21, 1987 12:30 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/21/1987
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1230
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City OLLA
Event State LOUISIANA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 71465
Event Date Year 1987
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport OLLA
Event Location Nearest Airport ID LA32
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 130
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 7
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 28
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 1
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1135
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date May 21 1987 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1300
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34498
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 2:23PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N56QQ
NTSB Number FTW87LA121
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model A150L
Aircraft Series Identifier A150L
Aircraft Serial Number A1500311
Certified Max Gross Weight 1650
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Nov 1 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 2900
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name RALPH R MILTON
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1305 ROSEFIELD ROAD
Aircraft Owner City OLLA
Aircraft Owner State LA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 71465
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name RICHARD MELTON
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1305 ROSEFIELD ROAD
Operator City OLLA
Operator State LA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 71465
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code LA32
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1230
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 20
Runway Length 3000
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --