# NTSB CHI84FA063: Cessna 150M, N63398, Stockwell, IN, December 17, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 16, 1983, 20:30 local (Dec 17, 1983, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Stockwell, IN
- Coordinates: 40.27951, -86.769943 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2795&lon=-86.7699&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - ice (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63398-1989-07-03), registration cancelled 1989-07-03, S/N 15077283 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077283
- Airframe hours: 3629
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831216064089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831216064089A), Dec 16, 1983: Cessna 150M, Stockwell, IN, Destroyed. Aircraft was found in large field almost completely destroyed. No obvious cause was determined.

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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