# Accident 20130902019839A: Cessna T-50, Harford, PA, September 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2013, 20:30 local time
- Place: Harford, PA
- Airport: Huf
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7247° N, 75.6931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7247&lon=-75.6931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41759, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41759-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T-50 (registry code 2071302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L4 /R755-7 (registry code 35003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T-50
- Reported engine: JACOBS L4 /R755-7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA402) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130902019839A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WHILE ENROUTE FROM LOCK HAVEN, PA (LHV) TO KINGSLEY, PA (PS50) FLEW INTO TREES AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND RESULTING IN A FIRE AND 2 FATALITIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY IMPACT WITH TREES AND SUBSEQUENT FIRE. THE PILOT HAD CONTACTED FSS IN SANDUSKY, OHIO ABOUT A TFR SOUTH OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, AT THAT TIME HE WAS GIVEN A WEATHER BRIEFING THAT INCLUDED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE PILOT THEN STOPPED IN LOCK HAVEN, PA (LHV) AND FUELED WITH 90 GALLONS OF AVIATION FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LOCK HAVEN AT 0730 ENROUTE HUF (PS50). THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT 2030 ON A WESTWARD HEADING 2.19NM @150 DEGREES FROM DESTINATION AIRPORT (PS50).

WITNESS MARKS AT ACCIDENT SCENE SHOWED AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER POWER FROM BOTH ENGINES AND TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

INTERVIEW WITH WITNESS WHO WAS CLOSE PERSONAL FRIEND AND FLEW WITH THE DECEASED PILOT DISCLOSED THAT THE PILOT NORMALLY USED A GARMIN 396 PORTABLE GPS WITH A PILOT DEFINED ILS APPROACH TO FLY INTO PS50. ALSO, A WITNESS WHO LIVES IN A NEARBY HOUSE SAW THE AIRCRAFT AT TREETOP LEVEL FLYING EASTBOUND DURING A RAINSTORM WHILE IN THE FRONT YARD WITH HIS DOGS. AT 2030 HOURS (MADE CALL TO RELATIVE ON CELLULAR PHONE TO TELL A RELATIVE ABOUT THE LOW FLYING PLANE), THE AIRCRAFT FLEW BACK PAST THE HOUSE AT TREETOP LEVEL WESTBOUND AND DISAPPEARED OVER A HILL. AT THAT TIME THE WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING DIRECTLY TOWARD A STORM CELL THAT WAS EXTREMELY ACTIVE WITH LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. WITNESS DID NOT HEAR THE AIRCRAFT ONCE IT PASSED OVER THE HILL. THE WITNESS' HOUSE IS AT 1,100 FEET IN ELEVATION, THE ACCIDENT SCENE IS AT 1.400 FEET IN ELEVATION AND HUF AIRPORT (PS50) IS AT 1,600 FEET IN ELEVATION.

## 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 ERA13FA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA402), Sep 3, 2013: Cessna T-50 (N41759), Lenox Twp., PA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional visual flight into night instrument meteorological conditions and thunderstorms and his improper decision to takeoff without getting updated weather information after a…

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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