- Date
- May 19, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gleneden Beach, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6511FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840519018179A
- Case key
- 39806
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Two witnesses observed the student plt in the acft at about 1500 PDT. They reported that they were waiting for the wx to clear & that they tried to get the student to spend the night instead of leaving, but they were unsuccessful. Subsequently, the acft crashed, but there were no known witnesses. Parts of the acft wreckage were found on Gleneden Beach & they were identified as being from N6511F. However, the student plt was not found. He was presumed to have been fatally injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6511F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063111
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard J. Heising
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S45 · Gleneden Beach, OR
- Destination
- S95 · Vancouver, WA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6511F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.