- Date
- July 14, 1982, 21:00 local (Jul 15, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Patton, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5945TCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820714032399A
- Case key
- 72169
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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 student pilot departed johnston, PA at about 2000 EDT on a return flight to ebensburg, PA. He saw the destination airport at about 2015 EDT and elected to fly locally and practice maneuvers. At about 2045 EDT, he became lost and flew a large rectangular path to find a landmark. By about 2100 EDT, it was getting dark and he elected to land in a field with deep furrows that were obscured by vegetation. The landing was made across the furrows on soft terrain. While landing, the gear was damaged. After traveling about 90 ft, the plane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5945T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64451-6A
- Airframe hours
- 4,064
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles O. Gilman
- Registered owner
- Charles O. Gilman
- Departed
- Johnstown, PA
- Destination
- Ebensburg, PA
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.