- Date
- February 13, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arden, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8615SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900213004789A
- Case key
- 11542
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Probable cause
The pilot failure to maintain adequate altitude and clearance from a powerline during the landing approach. A factor was the unmarked powerline.
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
Witnesses reported the acft was on landing approach when it struck unmarked power lines about 1000 feet short of the runway. Witnesses said the acft banked left just before the acft struck the power line. Witnesses also reported the engine was operating up until the accident. The examination did not reveal evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8615S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061915
- Airframe hours
- 3,587
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence W. Larson
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1989 · 68 hours before
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
- 61
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 20,951 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.