- Date
- August 23, 1991, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Haskell, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704CPCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910823036619A
- Case key
- 23391
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Probable cause
Improper installation of avionics equipment resulting in interference with flight control.
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
While crusing at 500 feet AGL the pilot felt a slight change in pitch downwards toward power lines. He made contact with the top guy wire between two high tension power lines. The pilot stated he felt a binding in the elevator controls which restricted elevator movement making it impossible to clear the power lines. On-site investigation revealed the avionics equipment rack on the instrument panel had partially collapsed, restricting the movement of the elevator. The avionics equipment rack was found to be improperly installed. After impacting the guy wire (115 AGL), the airplane tumbled end over end, contacting four of the seven high tension wires before impacting the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704CP
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078508
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bryce D. Willis
- Registered owner
- Bryce D. Willis
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,560 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.