- Date
- April 4, 1992, 08:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Centralia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6878FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920404008819A
- Case key
- 15420
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain the proper altitude during the final approach to landing. A factor in the accident was the pilot's delayed remedial action.
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 pilot stated that during final approach she encountered a 'pocket of air' that caused the back of the airplane to sink rapidly. The airplane struck power lines after the pilot initiated a recovery.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6878F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-63478
- Airframe hours
- 1,759
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airgo,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Airgo,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 1, 1992 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- ENL · Centralia Municipal, runway 36, 5,000 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Private, Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 20 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTV, 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.