# NTSB ATL83FKQ01: Cessna 150F, N3066X, Sidon, MS, October 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: October 24, 1982
- Place: Sidon, MS
- Coordinates: 33.399314, -90.199569 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3993&lon=-90.1996&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72622
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FKQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72622/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FKQ01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3066X-2014-09-29), registration cancelled 2014-09-29, S/N 15064466, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064466
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821024056349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821024056349A), Oct 24, 1982: Cessna 150F, Sidon, MS, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Airplane crashed and burned in a open field. May have been chasing deer in area. Student pilot had owner on board.

## Other investigations on N3066X (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 DEN68F0199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68F0199), Feb 1, 1968: Cessna 150F (N3066X), Las Cruces, NM, substantial damage

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.

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