- Date
- June 8, 1988, 11:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Quartzsite, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7892FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880608019189A
- Case key
- 26028
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - wire,staticFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorFactor
Lack of familiarity with aircraftFactor
Planned approach - improperCause
Go-around - delayedCause
Carburetor heat - not correctedFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7892F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063992
- Airframe hours
- 2,732
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marshall, Jerry J.
- Registered owner
- Jerry J Marshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1988 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- BXK · Buckeye, AZ
- Airport
- AZ26 · Quartzsite, runway 18, 2,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,100 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,050 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7892F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.