# NTSB NYC90FA083: Cessna 150F, N7034F, Lloyd, NY, April 1, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1990, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Lloyd, NY
- Coordinates: 41.709159, -73.95951 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7092&lon=-73.9595&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 21, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36529
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC90FA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36529/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA083

## Probable cause

PILOT FACTOR IN THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING VFR FLIGHT IN INC CONDITIONS AND COLLIDED WITH A MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNICATIONS TOWER.

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight briefing service - performed, pilot in command
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight into known adverse weather - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - tower (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7034F-1991-01-22), registration cancelled 1991-01-22, S/N 15063634 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063634
- Airframe hours: 4829
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900401006899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900401006899A), Apr 1, 1990: Cessna 150F, Lloyd, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a communications tower on top of a fog-obscured mountain. Crashed and burned. Had flown area often.

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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