# Accident 19960510010179A: Cessna 150G, Welch, WV, May 10, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1996, 16:10 local time
- Place: Welch, WV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3603° N, 81.1007° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3603&lon=-81.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6303S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6303S-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960510010179A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINE AND CRASHED AFTER LOW LEVEL AEROBATIC FLIGHT. ALCOHOL IN PILOT AND PASSENGERS SYSTEM.

## 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 IAD96LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA076), May 10, 1996: Cessna 150 (N6303S), Welch, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol which led to his failure to maintain sufficient altitude to clear obstacles. A factor was his intentional buzzing.

## Other reports on N6303S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19860604032149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860604032149I), Jun 4, 1986: Cessna 150G (N6303S), Niles, MI. Diverted due to weather. Lost communication and navigation radios. Disorientated and landed on a highway.

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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