- Date
- March 27, 1983, 17:15 local (Mar 28, 1983, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Coulterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8463GCessna 150F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830327015379A
- Case key
- 23562
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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
The pilot made two telephone calls to the fss requesting wx briefings for a VFR flt to medford, OR. He was provided with a summary of the current and forecast wx for his route and destination. He was advised that VFR flt was not recommended for that day. The pilot did not file a flt plan and it is not known what time he departed. The aircraft was refueled at tonopah, NV and no flt plan was filed and no ETD known. The aircraft crashed into a tree at aprx 20 feet AGL. A witness stated that the aircraft just barely cleared his housetop, heavy rain was falling and all the hills at the level of his house were engulfed in fog.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8463G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062563
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence D. Edwards, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1982
- Departed
- TPH · Tonopah, NV
- Destination
- 022 · Columbia, CA
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 305 in this make and model · 385 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Observed at
- MOD, 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.