- Date
- September 22, 1985, 13:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N21903Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850922046619A
- Case key
- 12869
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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
The acft was being flown by a plt who's company takes low alt photos of farms for later resale. This is accomplished with hand-held 35MM cameras from the right seat. According to the single witness to the accident, the acft was first sighted flying 'low and slow' over his property, turning sharpley. Later, according to the witness, the acft turned sharpley again when 'the right wing fell' and the acft dropped behind the trees. During an examination of the wreckage control continuity to the cockpit was confirmed. An examination of spark plugs revealed no fouling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21903
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074524
- Airframe hours
- 5,548
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- State Aerial Farm Statistics
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 13, 1985 · 559 hours before
- Departed
- HOC · Hillsboro, OH
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 633 total · 90 in this make and model · 361 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.