- Date
- June 13, 1985, 11:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Waipahu, HI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6573SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850613029089A
- Case key
- 24740
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aprx 1/2 hr into this dual instructional flt the acft struck unmarked high voltage pwr cables, entered an uncontrolled descent and struck the ground. One of the purposes of the flt was to practice emergency apch procedures. Both the instructor and the student plt were seriously injured and do not remember the events immediately before, during or immediately after the accident. The eng operated at 2400 RPM on a test stand with little vibration after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6573S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067373
- Airframe hours
- 9,383
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barbes Point Navy Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- NAX · Barbers Point, HI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 11,713 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 86 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HNL, 5 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.