- Date
- August 29, 1988, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Reed Springs, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3475VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880829035749A
- Case key
- 34502
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Analysis
The accident aircraft was observed performing high speed passes at extremely low altitude over the lake. Witnesses estimated the altitude of the aircraft from 30 to 75 feet above the water. The aircraft struck 72,000 volt power lines at a point approximately 52 feet above the lake. The flight instructor stated that he was in a climbing turn at the time of impact with the power lines. After the collision with the power lines the acft crashed in the lake and sank in water appx 46 ft deep. The occupants never saw the power lines. One witness, a hiway patrol pilot said the flying by the acc acft was 'the most careless exhibition he had ever seen'. He recorded the registration number as the acft passed over his boat and reported it to the police.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3475V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076513
- Airframe hours
- 5,458
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Gold, Dennis
- Registered owner
- Gold, Dennis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 14, 1948 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 2H2 · Aurora, 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
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 434 total · 227 in this make and model · 399 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 82 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGF, 38 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.