- Date
- January 30, 1988, 18:45 local (Jan 31, 1988, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Norwalk, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9458UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880130002809A
- Case key
- 13931
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made several calls to the fss and obtained weather briefings for reported and forecast IFR conditions along his proposed route of flight. After departure from sparta, Wisconsin in weather described by witnesses to be below VMC, the aircraft impacted in a field approximately 6 miles from the airport on the approximate course to his destination airport at an elevation of 1400 feet MSL. The elevation of the airport departed is 811 feet MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9458U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078406
- Airframe hours
- 3,114
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mark H. Pederson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1987 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- D74 · Sparta, WI
- Destination
- MSN · Madison, WI
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 175 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LSE, 68 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.