- Date
- May 17, 1985, 15:31 local (19:31 UTC)
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50239Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850517018089A
- Case key
- 31269
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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 acft collided with wires during a forced landing off the arpt. The plt had called on the radio saying he was unable to make the arpt and was landing in a clearing. The acft ended up inverted after the collision with the wires. Post accident examination showed lack of usable fuel in the tanks & no fuel in the gascolator bowl. The eng was determined to be capable of normal operation by post accident operational checks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50239
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069160
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy M. Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 1985 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CEW · Crestview, FL
- Destination
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 94 total · 29 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 4 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.