- Date
- August 22, 1992, 21:15 local (Aug 23, 1992, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Union Township, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N714DSCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920822032609A
- Case key
- 37072
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Factors related to this accident was night conditions, the pilot's lack of night experience, and the pilot becoming lost and disoriented.
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 airplane was seen with the landing light on circling and flying at a low altitude over a corn field and a tree line about 2 miles from the destination airport. The airplane impacted the ground in a nose low attitude and the complete airplane was confined to area of 30 by 30 feet. There was no evidence of any of the trees in the area being damaged nor was there a swath in the corn field. The accident occurred during the hours of darkness. Examination of the pilot's log book revealed that the pilot was issues his private pilot certificate in 1966 and had logged a total of 434 flight hours, 26 of which were night flight hours. No night flight hours were recorded in the 15 months prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714DS
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079101
- Airframe hours
- 6,142
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lemar Aircraft Inc.
- Registered owner
- Lemar Aircraft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 17, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- 317 · Phillipsburg, runway 3, 2,750 × 34 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 434 total · 130 in this make and model · 307 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.