20070305018069A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Bedford, IN · March 5, 2007

Date
March 5, 2007 · 10:45 local
Place
Bedford, IN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N66513
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI07FA079
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
14 total14 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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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 March 5, 2007, at approximately 0800LCL, a Cessna 150M, N66513, registered to privacy data omitted was rented and flown by the pilot privacy data omitted and collided with a house owned by the pilot's ex-mother-in-law, on sunny acres in Bedford, IN, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The flight originated at grissom municipal airport, Bedford, IN. The pilot privacy data omitted rented aircraft at Bedford, IN, FBO. Had it scheduled from 0800-1030. Sometime around 1030 the pilot privacy data omitted purposefully navigated the aircraft into the side of his ex-mother-in-law's house, killing himself and his 8-year-OLD daughter. State police have opened a homicide case and have listed the accident as a murder/suicide/attempted murder.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MARCH 5, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800LCL, A CESSNA 150M, N66513, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RENTED AND FLOWN BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND COLLIDED WITH A HOUSE OWNED BY THE PILOT'S EX-MOTHER-IN-LAW, ON SUNNY ACRES IN BEDFORD, IN, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRISSOM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BEDFORD, IN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RENTED AIRCRAFT AT BEDFORD, IN, FBO. HAD IT SCHEDULED FROM 0800-1030. SOMETIME AROUND 1030 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PURPOSEFULLY NAVIGATED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SIDE OF HIS EX-MOTHER-IN-LAW'S HOUSE, KILLING HIMSELF AND HIS 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. STATE POLICE HAVE OPENED A HOMICIDE CASE AND HAVE LISTED THE ACCIDENT AS A MURDER/SUICIDE/ATTEMPTED MURDER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.