- Date
- April 15, 1992, 18:30 local (Apr 16, 1992, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Galt, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6213SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920415010099A
- Case key
- 27600
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor in-flight decision by selecting an improper cruise altitude. Contributing to this accident was the pilot's fatigue due to lack of sleep.
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 airplane collided with some 25-foot telephone wires while in cruise flight. The pilot had worked 24-hours before departing on the accident flight. After departing the airport, the pilot encountered headwinds and elected to descend to 500 feet mean sea level. Due to fatigue from the lack of sleep and inattention, the pilot descended the airplane several hundred feet below the intended altitude. After the pilot leveled the airplane, he saw the telephone wires and attempted an evasive action, but without success.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6213S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067013
- Airframe hours
- 9,089
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Haskell, Gregg Owen
- Registered owner
- Haskell, Gregg Owen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 16, 1991 · 200 hours before
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
- Destination
- O27 · Oakdale, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 400 in this make and model · 1,150 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.