- Date
- August 12, 1992, 14:28 local (22:28 UTC)
- Place
- Black River, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6288SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920812034419A
- Case key
- 5777
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper in flight planning/decision, and his failure to maintain a proper altitude to clear the terrain. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's lack of familiarity with the geographic area, and his lack of total experience in the type operation.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said that while on his first cross country flight in mountainous terrain, he over corrected for the crosswinds and became disoriented. He flew into a valley and the airplane crashed on the mountainside when it would not out climb the rising terrain. The pilot had a total of 124 flight hours, of which only 20 were in Alaska. All other hours had been flown in Florida. He had made no flights, either dual or solo, in mountainous terrain such as that where the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6288S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067088
- Airframe hours
- 6,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walker Preflight
- Registered owner
- Mary J. Cantrell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 22, 1992 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- GKN · Gulkana, AK
- Destination
- TKA · Talkeetna, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 124 total · 18 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6288S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.