# Accident 20041002024829A: Cessna 150G, Benchmark Mt, October 2, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2004, 09:40 local time
- Place: Benchmark Mt
- Airport: Benchmark Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4814° N, 112.8697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4814&lon=-112.8697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3086R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3086R-2012-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 10 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041002024829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 2, 2004, AT 0940 MST, A CESSNA 150, N3086R, REGISTERED TO FRANK C. SCHULER COLLIDED WITH TREES AFTER TAKEOFF AT THE BENCHMARK AIRPORT, AUGUSTA, MONTANA, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DUTTON, MONTANA, ON OCTOBER 2, 2004.

## 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 SEA05LA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA002), Oct 2, 2004: Cessna 150G (N3086R), Augusta, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate obstacle clearance which resulted in the in-flight collision with rising terrain. Trees and rising terrain are factors in the accident.

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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