- Date
- April 1, 1990, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lloyd, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7034FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900401006899A
- Case key
- 36529
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Probable cause
Pilot factor in that he was attempting VFR flight in inc conditions and collided with a multipurpose communications tower.
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 non instrument rated pilot reported the weather at his departure point was a 800 ft ceiling with 4 miles visibility. He received a weather briefing for his destination which was 12 miles away and reporting a 1400 ft ceiling with 4 miles visibility. Enroute to his destination, the airplane struck a 300 ft high tower at the 140 ft AGL level, fell to the base of the tower and burned. The pilot was fatally injured. The tower the airplane struck was located 5.7 NM from and 16 degrees north of a straight line between his departure point and destination. Witnesses said the mountain top where the antenna was located was obscured with fog. The pilot had flown the route for years.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7034F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063634
- Airframe hours
- 4,829
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald H. Fefee
- Registered owner
- Donald H Fefee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1990 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- N43 · New Paltz, NY
- Destination
- POU · Poughkeepsie, NY
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,934 total · 1,865 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 28 in the last 30 days · 17 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- POU, 8 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.