# NTSB FTW82FRD08: Cessna 150G, N3166J, Jeanerette, LA, February 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1982, 04:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Jeanerette, LA
- Coordinates: 29.910408, -91.670135 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9104&lon=-91.6701&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71189
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82FRD08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71189/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRD08

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO A FRIEND OF THE DECEASED PILOT AND HIS FEMALE COMPANION THE THREE OF THEM HAD BEEN AT A NIGHTCLUB UNTIL 0215 CST. THE FRIEND THEN FOLLOWED THEM TO THE AIRPORT, SINCE HE LIVED ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT. AFTER ARRIVING HE HEARD AN AIRCRAFT TAKOEFF. AT ABOUT 0700 CST THE FRIEND SAW THE WRECKAGE FROM HIS BEDROOM WINDOW. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES. A TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT'S BLOOD REVEALED 178 MG PERCENT OF ETHYL ALCOHOL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3166J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3166J-1993-03-01), registration cancelled 1993-03-01, S/N 15065866 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065866
- Airframe hours: 1538
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Raymond F Schneider
- Registered owner: Raymond F Schneider
- Departed: JEANERETTE, LA
- Destination: JEANERETTE, LA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 80 total, 80 in this make and model, 61 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 115 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LFT

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820202002469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820202002469A), Feb 2, 1982: Cessna 150G, Jeanerette, LA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled on night departure. Thunderstorms, rain in area. Student pilot and passenger had high blood alcohol level.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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