- Date
- March 2, 1987, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Porter, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N714KGCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870302004509A
- Case key
- 22334
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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.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he was flying low over the san jacinto river, approximately 50 ft AGL. During a descending right turn the aircraft contacted a power line. The aircraft crashed into the river causing substantial damage to both wing spars and the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714KG
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079230
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jim D. Baccus
- Registered owner
- Jim D. Baccus
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 9XS2 · Porter, TX
- Airport
- 9X52 · Williams
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 75 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAH, 10 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.