19990125000769A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150H · Nemo, TX · January 25, 1999

Date
January 25, 1999
Place
Nemo, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N152PA
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW99LA069
Reported as
Cessna 150H
Fatal injuries
0

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft struck a fence on go around while doing touch and go landings. Other circumstances are unknown. (.19)on January 25, 1999, at 1553 central standard time a Cessna 150H, N152PA, sustained substantial damage when it struck metal fence post during touch and goes at a Private grass airstrip near Nemo, Texas. The aircraft was owned and operated by the Private pilot under title 14 CFR part 91. The Private pilot received serious injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight and a flight plan was not filed. Local authorities and the FAA inspector responding to the site found the airplane resting nose down in a gravel pit approxiamtely 1/4 mile beyond the fence bordering the Private grass airstrip. Paint transfer was observed on the fence in the area where it had been repaired prior to the arrival of the FAA inspector. The engine was separated from the airframe and the left horizontal stabilizer, cockpit, and empennage sustained structural damage. (-23)on January 25, 1999, at 1533 CST, a Cessna 150-H, N152PA owned by privacy data omitted struck a barb wire fence w hile trying to land after a pleasure flight with clear weather. The aircraft was demolished, the pilot was injured and taken to a local hospital. The pilot holds a Private pilot certificate. The flight originated from privacy data omitted Private landing strip in Nemo, Texas, on January 25, 1999, at approximately 1500 hrs. No flight plan was filed.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT STRUCK A FENCE ON GO AROUND WHILE DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19)ON JANUARY 25, 1999, AT 1553 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME A CESSNA 150H, N152PA, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT STRUCK METAL FENCE POST DURING TOUCH AND GOES AT A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP NEAR NEMO, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE PILOT UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FAA INSPECTOR RESPONDING TO THE SITE FOUND THE AIRPLANE RESTING NOSE DOWN IN A GRAVEL PIT APPROXIAMTELY 1/4 MILE BEYOND THE FENCE BORDERING THE PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP. PAINT TRANSFER WAS OBSERVED ON THE FENCE IN THE AREA WHERE IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE FAA INSPECTOR. THE ENGINE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME AND THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, COCKPIT, AND EMPENNAGE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. (-23)ON JANUARY 25, 1999, AT 1533 CST, A CESSNA 150-H, N152PA OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK A BARB WIRE FENCE W HILE TRYING TO LAND AFTER A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH CLEAR WEATHER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED, THE PILOT WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ^PRIVACY DA^ PRIVATE LANDING STRIP IN NEMO, TEXAS, ON JANUARY 25, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HRS. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.