# Accident 20170920011339A: Cessna 150G, Rhine, GA, September 20, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2017, 06:15 local time
- Place: Rhine, GA
- Airport: Private Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.5200° N, 83.8000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5200&lon=-83.8000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3875J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3875J-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 236 total, 236 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170920011339A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA17FA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA330), Sep 20, 2017: Cessna 150G (N3875J), Rhine, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The 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…

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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