- Date
- May 3, 1989, 22:10 local (May 4, 1989, 03:10 UTC)
- Place
- Carnegie, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22875Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890503010849A
- Case key
- 34680
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
Continued VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in subsequent collision with rising/hilly terrain. Related factors were: inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the pilot, dark night, adverse weather conditions, and rising/hilly terrain.
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 & pax had flown from hobart to Oklahoma city earlier in the day. At aprx 2115 CDT, the plt took off on the return flt without filing a flt plan or rcvg an FAA wx briefing. By that time, wx had diminished along the route of flt, which was to the wsw of Oklahoma city. Subsequently, the acft impacted on rising terrain, while in about a 30 deg, right bank attitude on a hdg of 130 deg. The acft was extensively damaged from impact & fire. No preimpact failure of the flight controls or eng was found. According to a law enforcement official, there was thunderstorm activity with heavy rain & reduced visibility in the area of the acdnt. The plt's last med cert was dated 3/30/84. A toxicology check of the plt's blood showed the presence of ethanol; however, the toxicologist noted that ethanol production may have occurred from tissue decomposition or bacterial contamination. The 2155 CDT wx at lawton, OK, was in part: 300' obscured, vis 7 mi.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22875
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068581
- Airframe hours
- 3,445
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul M. Gould
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 14, 1988 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- HBR · Hobart, OK
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 302 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WPA, 18 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.