- Date
- February 27, 1993, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Blountstown, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3064JCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930227004099A
- Case key
- 33232
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the pilot resulting in failure to avoid the powerline.
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 student plt landed at the airstrip to visit an individual but the individual was not there, so he elected to immediately depart. A pvt rated pax was aboard. During the initial climb with the student plt flying the airplane, the main landing gear collided with an unmarked powerline. During the uncontrolled descent the airplane collided with trees then crashed into a mobile home. The student plt stated that there was no eng or airframe failure or malfunction. He further stated that this was his first flight to the airstrip and that he did not observe the powerline during the apch to the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3064J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061164
- Airframe hours
- 6,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Strait, Joel R.
- Registered owner
- Strait, Joel R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 3, 1992 · 150 hours before
- Destination
- 75FL · Panama City, FL
- Airport
- NONE · Settlemire, runway 27, 3,000 × 150 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 842 total · 250 in this make and model · 742 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.