# Accident 20240309006369A: Cessna 150L, Clay, KY, March 9, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2024, 09:15 local time
- Place: Clay, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5526° N, 87.8457° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5526&lon=-87.8457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1703Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1703Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 175 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240309006369A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ARRIVED AT OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY AIRPORT (OWB) AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS ON THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE WEATHER CONSISTED OF A LOW CLOUD CEILING AND RAIN AT THAT TIME AND THE PILOT WAS UTILIZING THE FOREFLIGHT APPLICATION TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT FILLED THE AIRCRAFT WITH FUEL, AND UPON DECIDING WEATHER CONDITIONS HAD IMPROVED, PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 24 AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 HOURS LOCAL, CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT). PILOT STATED NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AS THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED VFR AT THE TIME OF TAKEOFF. PILOT PERSONALLY PLANNED TO FLY TO MADISONVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (2I0) FOR A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THEN PROCEED SOUTH TO FLORIDA. PILOT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET MSL AND PROCEEDED TOWARDS 2I0. PILOT STATED 20-25 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, CLOUD COVER DESCENDED AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION WAS EXPERIENCED. ATTEMPTING TO AVOID WEATHER PREVIOUSLY ENCOUNTERED, PILOT BEGAN A SERIES OF DESCENTS TO REMAIN BELOW CLOUD COVER AND DECIDED TO DIVERT TO STURGIS MUNICIPAL AIPORT (TWT) 7-8 MINUTES AWAY FROM HIS CURRENT POSITION, BASED ON THE FOREFLIGHT APPLICATION. PILOT STATED HE DOES NOT REMEMBER THE EVENTS FROM A POINT 10 NAUTICAL MILES FROM TWT AND THAT HIS LAST RECOLLECTION OF EVENTS WAS CONTACT WITH TREES WHICH INITIATED THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. PILOT WAS EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 ERA24LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA134), Mar 9, 2024: Cessna 150 (N1703Q), Clay, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to attempt a VFR flight in instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s impairment due 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.

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