- Date
- August 4, 1990, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rochester, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N45238Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900804030219A
- Case key
- 36711
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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 Rochester police department found the airplane abandoned upside-down in a field on August 5, 1990. The pilot has not responded to inquiries concerning the accident. Accident date, time and injuries are presumed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45238
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076798
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arthur D. Robichaud
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.