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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150G · Rhine, GA · September 20, 2017

Date: September 20, 2017 · 06:15 local
Place: Rhine, GA
Airport: Private Airport
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N3875J
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA17FA330
Reported as: Cessna 150G
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 236 total236 in this make and model198 in the last 90 days

N3875JRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Cessna 150GS/N 15065175 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150G Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On September 20, 2017 at about 06:15 local time pilot departed Private Airport. Witnesses heard and saw aircraft depart private grass airstrip to the southeast. They said he made a left 360 degree turn before the lights of the aircraft dissapeared followed shortly by a sound of a crash. Family attempted to telephone the pilot and received no answer. They then called pilots flight instructor and flight instructor told family that the pilot was 15 minutes late. Family members took off from same private airstrip in search of pilot and located accident scene through the planes ELT. They returned to airfield and then drove out and located accident scene and called authorities.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 AT ABOUT 06:15 LOCAL TIME PILOT DEPARTED PRIVATE AIRPORT. WITNESSES HEARD AND SAW AIRCRAFT DEPART PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP TO THE SOUTHEAST. THEY SAID HE MADE A LEFT 360 DEGREE TURN BEFORE THE LIGHTS OF THE AIRCRAFT DISSAPEARED FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A SOUND OF A CRASH. FAMILY ATTEMPTED TO TELEPHONE THE PILOT AND RECEIVED NO ANSWER. THEY THEN CALLED PILOTS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOLD FAMILY THAT THE PILOT WAS 15 MINUTES LATE. FAMILY MEMBERS TOOK OFF FROM SAME PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN SEARCH OF PILOT AND LOCATED ACCIDENT SCENE THROUGH THE PLANES ELT. THEY RETURNED TO AIRFIELD AND THEN DROVE OUT AND LOCATED ACCIDENT SCENE AND CALLED AUTHORITIES.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB ERA17FA330Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportRhine, GAThe student pilot's decision to take off from a partially-lit grass runway in dark night, marginal visual flight rules conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation, an exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, and an aerodynamic stall.Sep 20, 2017 · Substantial damage