- Date
- September 5, 1992, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6054JCessna A150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920905035269A
- Case key
- 11732
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain proper altitude during an aerobatic manuever.
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 airplane made a low pass, then maneuvered through an inverted attitude before impacting the waters of a pond. One witnesses said the airplane was rolling upright when it struck the water in a nose down attitude. A friend of the pilot, who lived near the accident site, said that in the past, he had made a low pass and rolled the airplane to announce his arrival in the area. The friend would then go to a local airport to pick up the pilot. An examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6054J
- Reported as
- Cessna A150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500354
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D3G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gary F. Houser
- Registered owner
- Gary F. Houser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 2B1 · Marston Mills, MA
- Destination
- 2B7 · Pittfield, ME
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BGR, 30 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.