- Date
- December 16, 1983, 20:30 local (Dec 17, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stockwell, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63398Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831216064089A
- Case key
- 12382
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had been wx briefed & filed a flight plan at the lafayette fss. About 1 hr later he returned to the fss & asked if the fss had heard him calling on 119.6. He was advised that he had not been heard. The plt stated he would try to call when airborne. On 12/20 the wreckage was found in an open snow covered field. The acft had impacted the ground in a fairly flat attitude with a little right wing low but at a high rate of speed & vertical sink rate. The acft was movedto a hangar & inspected. No fuel was found in the carburetor bowl, but ice substance was found in the finger screen which melted immediately. Water was found in the t-drain at the bottom of the fuselage, with signs of corrosion on the aluminum fitting. The plt had only 1 hr flt time in the C-150 during the last 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63398
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077283
- Airframe hours
- 3,629
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Technology Flying
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 15, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- LAF · Lafayette, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 9 in this make and model · 152 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 15 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.