- Date
- June 15, 1991, 04:20 local (08:20 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60466Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910615021859A
- Case key
- 8325
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Probable cause
The pilots attempted flight in adverse weather and the physical impairment of the student pilot from the consumption of alcoholic beverages prior to flight. A factor in the accident was the foggy weather condition at the airport.
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 student pilot was taxiing his airplane at 4 a.m. with a friend on board. A witness reported forward visibility to be 300 feet in heavy fog. While taxiing on the runway with the nose wheel off the ground (full power applied), the runway lights went out. The airplane became airborne, and the passenger began to panic. A struggle for control ensued, and the airplane collided with trees past the departure end of the runway. The pilot's blood alcohol level after the accident was .04 percent. The passenger's blood alcohol level was 0.13 percent. The airplane had not been inspected in over 14 months, and the pilot reported no mechanical problems with the airplane during the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60466
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070329
- Airframe hours
- 3,925
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rutledge, Joe R.
- Registered owner
- Rutledge, Joe R.
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 20, 1990 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- A06 · Monroe, runway 3, 3,300 × 60 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AHN, 21 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.