- Date
- August 31, 1985, 22:00 local (Sep 1, 1985, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Danby, VT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66190Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850831047139A
- Case key
- 35580
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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 pilot of N66190 received a weather briefing from lebanon flight service station and was advised of low ceilings and also advised that visual flight rules flight was not recommended. At about the time N66190 was departing rutland, Vermont, a helicopter pilot flying in the area reported the ceiling to be at about 1500 with good visibility underneath. At 2147 EDT, N66190 contacted the lebanon fss by radio and stated that he was enroute to caldwell, new jersey. The pilot requested the weather for albany and poughkeepsie, new york. The current weather was provided and acknowledged. No further transmissions were received from N66190. The aircraft was located approximately 15 miles southwest of rutland county stated airport at an altitude ofabout 3100 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66190
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075908
- Airframe hours
- 21,198
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel J. Stern
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1985 · 528 hours before
- Departed
- RUT · Rutland, VT
- Destination
- CDW · Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- RUT · Rutland
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 425 total · 135 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 20° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFL, 24 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.