- Date
- May 21, 1982, 23:20 local (May 22, 1982, 03:20 UTC)
- Place
- Delano, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8244SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820521019179A
- Case key
- 70443
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt received wx briefings at 1111 & 1530 from the detroit, mi fss for a flt to new jersey. The plt was advised during the 1530 briefing that VFR flt was not recommended. The plt departed gross ile, mi at approximately 1700 & landedat williamsport, PA at 2230 to refuel. The plt departed williamsport at 2255. The acft crashed in mountainous terrain. Witnesses in the vicinity of the accident site reported that the wx was rainy & foggy. Two prescription bottles containing nitro-bed (nitroglycertin) & inderal were found. The autopsy revealed, in part, evidence of severe coronary artery disease with a total occlusion of the right coronary artery & focal area of myocardial fibrosis consistent with a small healed non-transmural myocardial infarction. The toxicology report revealed no evidence of drugs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8244S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061844
- Airframe hours
- 3,397
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Albert Wayne Loesch
- Registered owner
- Wer, Inc.
- Departed
- NPT · Williamsport, PA
- Destination
- BLM · Bolivar, NJ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 148 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.