# Accident 20050110000449A: Cessna 150M, Coleman, TX, January 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2005, 07:45 local time
- Place: Coleman, TX
- Airport: Coleman Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8478° N, 99.3144° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8478&lon=-99.3144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45173, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45173-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110000449A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N45173, A CESSNA 150-M, DEPARTED COLEMAN AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 LOCAL TIME AND WAS DISCOVERED IN AN OPEN FIELD 2.4 MILES EAST OF COUNTY ROAD 1176 AT 11:30 LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES IN DENSE FOG. THE ONE PERSON ON BOARD WAS FATALLY INJURED AND WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 DFW05FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA052), Jan 10, 2005: Cessna 150M (N45173), Coleman, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his VFR flight into IMC which resulted in his failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were fog and the pilot's inadequate…

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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