- Date
- October 24, 1982
- Place
- Sidon, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3066XCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821024056349A
- Case key
- 72622
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Analysis
The student pilot and passenger departed jackson on a flight to madison, MS. The highway patrol received a report of a low flying aircraft and a loud noise in the vicinity of Sidon, MS, the aircraft wreckage was found the next morning in a soy bean field. The father of the pilot stated that his son may have flown out to the area to observe a deer hunting camp and attempted to spot or chase deer. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3066X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064466
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Milton D. Stevens
- Registered owner
- Wesley A. Cadwell III
- Departed
- HKS
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GWO, 10 nm away
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 N3066X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.