ALLEN, TX, USA
N3971U
CESSNA 150
A WITNESS ATTENDING A HORSE SHOW OBSERVED THE ACFT FLY OVER THE FIELD AT LOW ALTITUDE IN A SLOW FLT & THAT SOMETHING WRAPPED IN PLASTIC WAS DROPPED FROM THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE APPROACHING A STALL. THE ACFT THEN DISAPPEARED FROM HIS VIEW WHILE DESCENDING IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE OBJECT DROPPED WAS THE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION OF A DALLAS NEWSPAPER. THE PASSENGER WAS A DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE NEWSPAPER. THE PLT DID NOT POSSESS A PLT CERTIFICATE.HE HAD BEEN ISSUED A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE ON 3/8/79 WHICH EXPIRED 3/31/81.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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