# Accident 20040117005262A: Cessna 150H, Clearwater, FL, January 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2004, 14:25 local time
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Airport: Clearwater Air Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9903° N, 82.7522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9903&lon=-82.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6622S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6622S-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117005262A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT OF THIS AIRCRAFT (CE-150) COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT A PIPER (PA-20) AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET ABOVE CLEARWATER AIRPARK DURING AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 16. CLEARWATER AIRPARK IS AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT. THIS AIRCRAFT (CE-150) AFTER COLLISION CRASHED INTO A LARGE OAK TREE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. PILOT WAS DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE SECOND AIRCRAFT (PA-30) LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AT CLEARWATER AIRPARK ALTHOUGH DAMAGED.

## 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 MIA04FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA043), Jan 17, 2004: Cessna 150H (N6622S), Clearwater, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to maintain adequate visual lookout while entering the traffic pattern (downwind leg) at an uncontrolled airport resulting in a midair collision. inadvertent stall, and…

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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