# NTSB BFO90FA025: Cessna 150F, N8615S, Arden, NC, February 13, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1990, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Arden, NC
- Coordinates: 35.460159, -82.579216 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4602&lon=-82.5792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11542
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO90FA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11542/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO90FA025

## 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

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

- In flight collision with object, approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8615S-1992-02-05), registration cancelled 1992-02-05, S/N 15061915 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061915
- Airframe hours: 3587
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900213004789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900213004789A), Feb 13, 1990: Cessna 150F, Arden, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Picked up aircraft at Private strip after repaint. Returned 15 min after takeoff,hit powerlines and crashed landing

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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