- Date
- March 9, 1987, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oneida, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50077Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870309007289A
- Case key
- 7282
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Analysis
The pilot contacted the fss several times during the morning for weather along his proposed route of flight. Shortly after lunch he departed without a flight plan. He reported to one fss that he was VFR only but continued although VFR was not recommended for portions of his route. At one point he reported that he was at 6,000 ft and on top, and asked for directions to an airport that was VFR. Later he was heard trying to contact the tower at his destination. A commercial flight tried to relay information to him but was not successful. An ntap read out of radar data ends shortly thereafter. The wreckage was found wrapped around a tree on the side of a vertical rock cliff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50077
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069049
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Benjamin Earl Canady
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3M3 · Clifton, TN
- Destination
- LEX · Lexington, KY
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOZ, 45 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.