# Accident 19960902025499A: Cessna 150F, Jones, LA, September 2, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1996, 21:05 local time
- Place: Jones, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9403° N, 91.5505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9403&lon=-91.5505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8380G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8380G-1997-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA368) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960902025499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1996, AT 2105 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA, MODEL 150F, N8380G, REGISTERED TO THEDFORD AERO. INC., P.O. BOX 5603, GREENVILLE , MISSISSIPPI, 38704, IMPACTED THE GROUND WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR JONES, LOUSIANA, ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. A WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MOREHOUSE MEMORIAL AIRPORT (2F8), IN BASTROP, LOUISIANA AT 2055 CDT.

## 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 FTW96FA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA368), Sep 2, 1996: Cessna 150F (N8380G), Jones, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (VMC), and failure of the pilot (PIC) to maintain control of the airplane after becoming spatially disorientation. Factors relating to the…

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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