# Accident 20050812017519A: Cessna 150M, Liberty, NY, August 12, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2005, 14:13 local time
- Place: Liberty, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8022° N, 74.8342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8022&lon=-74.8342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45679, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45679-2008-05-16) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812017519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 12, 2005, AT 1413 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N45679, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED WIRES AND TERRAIN AT FIRMEN'S PARK, WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, NEW YORK. THE CERTIFICATED STUDENT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT CHERRY RIDGE AIRPORT (N30), HONESDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT 1200. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS DESTINED FOR SULLIVAN COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MSV), MONTICELLO, NEW YORK AND CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. THIS ACCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 IAD05FA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA121), Aug 12, 2005: Cessna 150M (N45679), Wht Sulfur Sprg, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout during a precautionary landing, which resulted in collision with a wire and terrain. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning which…

## Other reports on N45679 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900523025039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900523025039I), May 23, 1990: Cessna 150M (N45679), Fairport, NY. Student pilot made a forced landing on a crosscountry flight due to fuel exhaustion.
- [Incident 19810415033089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810415033089I), Apr 15, 1981: Cessna 150M (N45679), East Hanover, NJ, Minor damage. Left wing and prop struck runway during downwind landing in gusty wind.

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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