# Accident 20070305018069A: Cessna 150M, Bedford, IN, March 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2007, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bedford, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8400° N, 86.4494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8400&lon=-86.4494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66513, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66513-2013-04-30) (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 O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070305018069A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI07FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07FA079), Mar 5, 2007: Cessna 150M (N66513), Bedford, IN, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Suicide.

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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