# NTSB NYC82FA103: Cessna 150F, N8244S, Delano, PA, May 22, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1982, 23:20 local (May 22, 1982, 03:20 UTC)
- Place: Delano, PA
- Coordinates: 40.839839, -76.060836 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8398&lon=-76.0608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70443
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82FA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70443/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA103

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - physical impairment(other cardiovascular), pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061844
- Airframe hours: 3397
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820521019179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820521019179A), May 21, 1982: Cessna 150F, Delano, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into trees on a dark night in fog and rain. VFR pilot had coronary artery disease. Possible incapacitaion.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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