# Accident 20010208001229A: Cessna 150K, Kingsville, TX, February 8, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2001, 07:50 local time
- Place: Kingsville, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5009° N, 97.8603° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5009&lon=-97.8603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5695G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5695G-2007-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010208001229A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON FEBRUARY 8, 2001, AT 0755 CST, A CESSNA 150K AIRPLANE, N5695G, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF BISHOP, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 0745 FROM THE BISHOP MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BISHOP, TEXAS, AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HARLINGEN, TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS "FUMBLING WITH HEADSET JACKS" WHEN THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A PLOWED FIELD. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND "STOPPED". THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT, THE ENGINE WAS PARTIALLY DISLODGED, NOSE GEAR WAS DETACHED, AND BOTH WING SKINS WERE WRINKLED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (-23) ON FEBRUARY 8, 2001, AT APPROX. 0750 CST, A CESSNA 150K OWNED AND OPERATED BY ANSE E. WINDHAM HAD AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH LEVEL TERRAIN AFTER TAKE OFF AND INITIAL CLIMB ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PIC RECEIVED A DUATS WEATHER BRIEFING CALLING FOR VFR CONDITIONS. THE IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PIC HOLDS A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE (ASEL/AMEL/ASES) WITH INSTRUMENT AND HELICOPTER RATINGS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BISHOP MUNICIPAL (07R), TEXAS IN FEBRUARY 8, 2001, AT 0745 CST. THE PILOT REPORTED A SMALL POST-CRASH FIRE SELF EXTINGUISHED. THERE WAS NO RESULTING INDICATION OF POST CRASH FIRE. NO NMAC. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE SAT-FSDO SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER.

## 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 FTW01LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA060), Feb 8, 2001: Cessna 150K (N5695G), Bishop, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain altitude and clearance from terrain. Contributing factors were the pilot's diverted attention and the low ceiling.

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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