- Date
- May 5, 1990, 16:23 local (20:23 UTC)
- Place
- Stockbridge, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10790Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900505014829A
- Case key
- 8127
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper clearance from objects on the ground.
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 pirvate pilot departed griffin, Georgia enroute to Stockbridge, Georgia. According to a witness, the airplane had been circling the area of the accident at an altitude just above the trees, prior to the accident. The witness stated that the aircraft engine sounded to be operating normally, and that the aircraft did not appear to be in any difficulty prior to the accident. The aircraft collided with power lines at an altitude of about 100 feet above ground level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10790
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075042
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wheels Up, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wheels Up Incorporated
- Departed
- 6A2 · Griffin, GA
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 900 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Observed at
- ATL, 14 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.