- Date
- November 13, 1992, 00:05 local (06:05 UTC)
- Place
- Elwood, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N11199Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921113046409A
- Case key
- 15577
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain a proper adequate altitude to avoid obstructions. Factors contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment of efficiency and judgement due to alcohol, and the dark night condition.
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 had rented the airplane for a local night flight. It subsequently collided with power lines adjacent to the passenger's friend's home. The pilot's blood alcohol content was 0.085%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11199
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075251
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas F And Robert H Bentley, doing business as J. F. Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Thomas F And Robert H Bentley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1992 · 39 hours before
- Departed
- JOT · Joliet, IL
- Destination
- JOT
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 210 total · 40 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW, 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.