# Accident 20051013025339A: Cessna 150F, Middlesboro, KY, October 13, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: Middlesboro, KY
- Airport: Middlesboro-Bell County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6889° N, 83.8139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6889&lon=-83.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8684S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8684S-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,962 total, 173 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051013025339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 1932 UTC, A CESSNA 150F SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8684S WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED AN UP SLOPING TERRAINAPPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTH WEST OF MIDDLESBORO; BELL CO KY (1A6), AFTER AN APPROXIMATE FLIGHT TIME OF 1 HR 45 MIN. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM NEW CASTLE KY (85KY) AT 1730 UTC DESTINED FOR HENDERSONVILLE NC (0A7) FOR A FUEL STOP CONTINUING ON TO A FINAL DESTINATION OF GREENVILLE SC (GCY). PILOT CALLED AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION OCTOBER 13TH, 2005 AT 1704UTC TO 1721UTC AND RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM LEX-ATCT-0900 PREFLIGHT 5. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL WERE NOT RECOMMENDED BY LEX-ATCT-0090, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PAR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. LEXINGTON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LAST OBSERVED AIRCRAFT ON RADAR 45 MILES SOUTH EAST OF LEXINGTON AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2000 FEET. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 NYC06LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA010), Oct 13, 2005: Cessna 150F (N8684S), Pineville, KY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Factors in the accident were the low cloud ceiling and fog.

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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