# Accident 19951204039529A: Cessna 150K, Seville, OH, December 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1995, 11:55 local time
- Place: Seville, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0199° N, 81.8602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0199&lon=-81.8602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5900G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5900G-1997-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 90 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO96LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951204039529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

WRECKAGE FOUND. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED PILOT FATAL. NO WITNESSES. UNDER INVESTIGATION. (-23) ON DECEMBER 04, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1155 EST, MR. DAVID LEE BURLEY, THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS FATALLY INJURED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT 1 1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEVILLE, OH. THE AIRCRAFT, N5900G, CESSNA 150K, SERIAL NUMBER 15071400, WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED/OPERATED AND RENTED FROM WELTZIEN SKYPARK, WADSWORTH, OH, AND HAD DEPARTED THAT AIRPORT, 15G, AT APPROXIMATELY 1115 EST.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB BFO96LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96LA029), Dec 4, 1995: Cessna 150K (N5900G), Seville, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: pilot suicide (intentional in-flight collision with terrain).

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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