# NTSB CHI84LA099: Cessna 150M, N63452, New Paris, OH, February 2, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1984, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place: New Paris, OH
- Coordinates: 39.849002, -84.790916 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8490&lon=-84.7909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12539/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA099

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, descent - normal
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - emergency procedure - simulated, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE WHILE PRACTICING AN EMERGENCY APPROACH TO A FIELD. THE PLT STATED HE STRUCK THE TOP WIRE OF TWO WIRES STRUNG ABOUT 30 FT AGL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N63452](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63452-2012-08-16), registration cancelled 2012-08-16, S/N 15077325, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077325
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lemar Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 22, 1983
- Departed: 317, PHILLIPSBURG, OH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 396 total, 82 in this make and model, 279 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F

## 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 19840202002929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840202002929A), Feb 2, 1984: Cessna 150M, New Paris, OH, Substantial damage. Struck a powerline near a residence on a practice engine out procedure.

## Other investigations on N63452 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI89LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA105), Jun 3, 1989: Cessna 150 (N63452), Ansonia, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER BY THE STUDENT PILOT, AND HIS INADVERTENT DESCENT INTO THE TERRAIN. THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

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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