- Date
- September 11, 1982, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Inez, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8666JCessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820911045439A
- Case key
- 71151
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Aborted landing - performedFactor
Go-around - delayedCause
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)Factor
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
Pilot aborted downwind landing after overshooting. During go-around he flew under a powerline and collided with trees and a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8666J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066566
- Airframe hours
- 2,461
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul E. Lawson
- Registered owner
- Paul E. Lawson
- Departed
- Victoria, TX
- Destination
- H73 · Tahlequah, OK
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 2, 1,300 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N8666JRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 68 in this make and model · 53 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8666J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.