# Accident 19990711008649A: Cessna 150, Hubbard Lake, MI, July 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1999, 15:05 local time
- Place: Hubbard Lake, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7994° N, 83.5909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7994&lon=-83.5909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7983E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7983E-2001-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990711008649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO A FIELD UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PILOT/SOLE OCCUPANT SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED. (.19)ON JULY 11, 1999, AT 1505 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150, N7983E, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SUBSEPUENTLY CAUGHT FIRE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED HARRISVILLE, MICHIGAN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.  WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE AIRPLANE FLYING BETWEEN 50 AND 200 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF A LAKE WHEN IT BEGAN A STEEP CLIMB.  ON WITNESS SAID THE AIRPLANE "...WENT STRAIGHT UP 200 FEET FROM THE GROUND."  THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE ROLLED TO THE LEFT AND DESCENDED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE UNTIL IT COLLIDED WITH  THE GROUND ABOUT 50 FEET WEST OF THE LAKE'S SHORELINE.  (-23) ON JULY 11, 1999, AT 1505 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150, N7983E, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND SUBSEQUENTLY CAUGHT FIRE FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT.  VISUAL ME TEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED HARRISVILLE, MICHIGAN, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN.

## 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 CHI99FA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA221), Jul 11, 1999: Cessna 150 (N7983E), Hubbard Lake, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control after executing the low pass and steep nose up climb.

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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