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FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Festus, MO · April 21, 2005

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Date
April 21, 2005 · 17:09 local
Place
Festus, MO
Airport
Festus Memorial Aprt
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N45522
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
130 total10 in the last 90 days
N45522Registration cancelled Jan 24, 2018 · Cessna 150MS/N 15076959 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On April 20, 2005 at approximately 16:50 local time, the pilot privacy data omitted took off from Festus municipal airport (fes) for a local flight in a Cessna CE-150, registration #N45522, with privacy data omitted riding as a passenger. The pilot privacy data omitted had taken off from Festus airport just prior to a severe thunderstorm moving into the area. According to the last recorded hobbs time in the aircraft flight log and the hobbs time recorded at the accident scene, the aircraft was in the air approximately 6 minutes. During an interview with privacy data omitted (passengers wife), she stated that her husband told her that while trying to make it back to the airport on the last bank to land they were hit by a nasty crosswind. The pilot privacy data omitted subsequently lost control of the aircraft and crashed approximately 36 feet left of the runway. The pilot privacy data omitted was fatally injured and privacy data omitted recieved serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital. None of the available weather reporting services available at Festus municipal airport were used and there was no record that the pilot requested a weather briefing or filed a flight plan.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 20, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 16:50 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM FESTUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FES) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT IN A CESSNA CE-150, REGISTRATION #N45522, WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIDING AS A PASSENGER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ HAD TAKEN OFF FROM FESTUS AIRPORT JUST PRIOR TO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA. ACCORDING TO THE LAST RECORDED HOBBS TIME IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG AND THE HOBBS TIME RECORDED AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE AIR APPROXIMATELY 6 MINUTES. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH ^PRIVACY DATA^ (PASSENGERS WIFE), SHE STATED THAT HER HUSBAND TOLD HER THAT WHILE TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT ON THE LAST BANK TO LAND THEY WERE HIT BY A NASTY CROSSWIND. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 36 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS FATALLY INJURED AND ^PRIVACY DAT^ RECIEVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. NONE OF THE AVAILABLE WEATHER REPORTING SERVICES AVAILABLE AT FESTUS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WERE USED AND THERE WAS NO RECORD THAT THE PILOT REQUESTED A WEATHER BRIEFING OR FILED A FLIGHT PLAN.