# Accident 20241031017279A: Cessna 150F, Wilder, TN, October 31, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2024, 18:30 local time
- Place: Wilder, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3173° N, 85.0922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3173&lon=-85.0922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8110S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8110S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241031017279A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 31, 2024, ABOUT 1837 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150F AIRPLANE,

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR WILDER, TENNESSEE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.

INITIAL AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE-BROADCAST (ADS-B) TRACK DATA REVEALED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 26 AT CROSS MEMORIAL AIRPORT – WHITSON FIELD (CSV), CROSSVILLE, TENNESSEE ABOUT 1817. THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDED TO THE NORTHEAST, THEN TO THE NORTH, AND THEN TO THE NORTHWEST. ABOUT ONE MINUTE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE WEST AND ADS-B DATA ENDED ABOUT 1837, 0.3 MILES EAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE PILOT WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND THERE WERE NO KNOWN DISTRESS CALLS RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT LOCATED UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON ON NOVEMBER 1, 2024.

ON NOVEMBER 2, 2024 INSPECTOR FROM THE FAA, NTSB INSPECTOR   AND TEXTRON SAFETY INSPECTOR  ARRIVE ON SITE. THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST AT APPROXIMATE COORDINATES +036.317274/-085.092180. A DEBRIS FIELD STARTING WITH A TREE IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 165 FEET FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE SCENE WAS DOCUMENTED BY PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY ALL 3 INSPECTORS ON SITE.  AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED IN A POST CRASH FIRE.

ON NOVEMBER 3, 2023 INSPECTORS RETURNED TO CRASH SITE TO EVALUATE ENGINE AND INTERFACE WITH RECOVERY CREW. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES.

CONVECTIVE SIGMETS, AND GUST AIRMETS WERE VALID FOR THE FLIGHT AREA.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED 100’ TALL TREES AND CAME TO REST INVERTED NEAR THE BASE OF THE FINAL TREE IMPACT. PORTIONS OF WING SKIN AND WINDSHIELD FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND ALONG A 165’ WRECKAGE PATH BETWEEN THE

INITIAL AND FINAL TREE IMPACTS. THE OUTBOARD HALF OF THE LEFT WING, AND PORTION OF THE LEFT AILERON FRACTURE SEPARATED AND REMAINED SUSPENDED 80’ HIGH IN A TREE ALONG THE WRECKAGE PATH. BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED, AND THE RIGHT GEAR CONTINUED DOWN THE HILL ABOUT 80’. THE EMPENNAGE FRACTURE

SEPARATED FROM THE AFT FUSELAGE AT THE STABILIZER BULKHEAD. THE AFT FUSELAGE SEPARATED FROM THE CABIN SECTION JUST AFT OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THE COCKPIT AND WING ROOTS SUSTAINED THERMAL DAMAGE.

THE COCKPIT STRUCTURE, INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND AVIONICS WERE MOSTLY CONSUMED BY FIRE.

## 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 ERA25FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA037), Oct 31, 2024: Cessna 150F (N8110S), Wilder, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions at night, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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