- Date
- March 9, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Waldron, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8078FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850309008079A
- Case key
- 33824
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While maneuvering northbound on the Missouri river levee the passenger noticed the plt flying just above the levee road. The passenger stated the plt told him they were forty feet off the ground but sometimes lower. The passenger stated he saw the pickup truck and the plt made a left bank to turn left, when the left wing impacted the cab of the truck. No mechanical discrepancy was found with the aircraft airframe or engine during the field and follow-up site investigation. The two truck occupants stated they heard and saw the acft approaching them from the rear and ducked when the acft's wing struck their truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8078F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064178
- Airframe hours
- 3,459
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mr. Bill Clark
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1984 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- Waldron, MO
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,850 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCI, 10 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.