- Date
- November 5, 1991, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Coleman, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7823ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911105049829A
- Case key
- 33028
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Probable cause
Failure of the unqualified pilot to maintain the proper glidepath while on final approach. Also, failure to perform the correct remedial action resulting in the collision with a power line.
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 plt stated that he did not realize that the acft was descending as fast as it was while on apch to land at his pvt airstrip. The acft collided with power lines, then the ground. The plt does not have a plt nor medical certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7823E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17623
- Airframe hours
- 3,544
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Little, Robert B.
- Registered owner
- Little, Robert B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1991 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- 2X6 · Little-Coleman, runway 21, 3,300 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 73
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 600 total · 43 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.