# Accident 20230930017849A: Cessna 150K, Gilford, NH, September 30, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2023, 20:15 local time
- Place: Gilford, NH
- Airport: Laconia Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5870° N, 71.3531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5870&lon=-71.3531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6312G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6312G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23FA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA384) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230930017849A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023, AT 1806 LOCAL THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RHODE ISLAND TF GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPVD), DEPARTING TO THE NORTH ENROUTE TO LACONIA MUNICIPAL. THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED VFR BUT USED RADAR SERVICES VIA ATC FLIGHT FOLLOWING. AT 1919, THE AIRCRAFT WAS 6.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CONCORD VOR, AND DECIDED TO TERMINATE FLIGHT FOLLOWING, PROCEEDING TO SQUAWK VFR. THIS MARKED THE LAST CLEARANCE THAT WAS GIVEN BY ATC.

AT 2000 LOCAL ENTERED THE AIRSPACE OF KLCI (LACONIA MUNICIPAL), FLYING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FOR A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 26, ACCORDING TO ADS-B DATA. AFTER PASSING THE RIDGELINE LOCATED AT THE END OF THE LEFT DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED A LEFT TURN OVER TO BASE, OVER THE LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A DECENT FLYING PAST THE POINT AN AIRCRAFT WOULD NORMALLY TURN TO FINAL, BEFORE BEGINNING A SHARP RIGHT TURN AS IT CONTINUED IN ITS DECENT. ADS-B DATA WAS THEN LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE OCCURED AT 2015 LOCAL.

## 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 ERA23FA384](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA384), Sep 30, 2023: Cessna 150K (N6312G), Gilford, NH, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control during visual flight rules flight in night instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s motivation to…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.