- Date
- October 27, 2000, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missing, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N11214Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 50662
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Probable cause
undetermined.
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 aircraft was observed departing the airport about 1315 eastern daylight time on October 27, 2000. According to the aircraft owner, the pilot rented the airplane as he had done several times previously, with the stated intention of flying in the local area. The weather was VFR. Neither the aircraft, nor the pilot has been located.
Factual narrative
On October 27, 2000, at an unknown time, a Cessna 150, N11214, registered to Winter Haven Air Services, and operated as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, was reported missing after departure from Winter Haven Municipal Airport, Winter Haven, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft has not been located, and the whereabouts of the aircraft and private-rated pilot are unknown. The pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, is presumed fatal. The flight originated from Winter Haven Municipal Airport, the same day, about 1315.
According to the aircraft owner, the pilot rented the airplane as he had done several times previously, with the stated intention of flying in the local area. The operator further stated that the aircraft had been full of fuel, and weather conditions were perfect for flying, but the pilot never returned.
Searches have been conducted in the surrounding area, and the aircraft has not been located. The NTSB requested copies of the pilot's logbook from members of the pilot's family, and copies of the logbook have not been provided.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11214
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075258
- Airframe hours
- 5,205
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Winter Haven Air Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 2000 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- GIF
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 646 total · 600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 174 °F, dew point 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GIF
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 12, 2001, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 MB in all.