- Date
- April 7, 1985, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Acme, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8367JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35805
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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
At 1221 EST, the plt was advised by a fss that VFR flt was not recommended due to widespread IFR conditions along the route of flt & at the destination. The plt departed at aprx 1430 hrs. At 1700 hrs, witnesses saw the acft flying westbound at low altitude in snowshowers, fog & low visibility. Normal eng sounds were heard. The acft turned left to a northeast heading while descending. Shortly thereafter, the acft collided with the ground in a near veritical descent & was destroyed by impact. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8367J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066267
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy Reed
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 08N · Lebanon, PA
- Destination
- Columbus, OH
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 329 total · 250 in this make and model · 223 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LBE, 10 nm away