- Date
- February 10, 1984, 18:20 local (Feb 11, 1984, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wanatah, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4361UCessna 150D
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840210003639A
- Case key
- 12385
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At about 1716 CST, the non-instrument rated plt contacted a fss, reported he was in the clouds with about 1 hr of fuel on board & requested 'vector me someplace.' He was told that indianapolis was VFR, but the plt stated that he could not reach indianapolis & requested vectors to the porter county muni arpt at valparaiso. Two attempts were made to make an ils/vor apch to rwy 27. However, radio contact with the plt was lost & the acft impacted the ground about 6 mi west of the arpt. The acft came to rest, inverted, about 250 ft from the initial impact with the ground. An exam of the acft revealed only 2 gal of fuel was remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4361U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060361
- Airframe hours
- 3,790
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter A. Babovac
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- MWA · Marion, IL
- Destination
- 39C · Three Oaks, MI
- Airport
- VPZ · Porter County Muni, runway 27, 6,000 × 150 ft
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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,312 total · 2,243 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 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.