- Date
- September 21, 1988, 22:13 local (Sep 22, 1988, 05:13 UTC)
- Place
- Hadlock, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11582Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880921047379A
- Case key
- 40890
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The recently certificated pilot departed on a two hour round-robin flight to attend a meeting and was advised to expect fog on return. The aircraft was flown for one hour prior to this flight and was not refueled. No record of a wx brief was found. Prior to the return flight, there was no record of a wx briefing or refueling. The pilot was advised by ATC that the destination was IFR. The pilot changed his destination to a nearby uncontrolled airport. After he was unable to locate the airport, ATC offered vectors to a known VFR airport. The pilot did not take vectors due to low fuel state. He then accepted vectors to a third uncontrolled airport. Witnesses observed the aircraft through fog flying at a low altitude near the third airport. The aircraft collided with trees 1-1/2 miles from the third airport.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11582
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075538
- Airframe hours
- 4,774
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth A. Hansen, doing business as Rite Bros. Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Kenneth A Hansen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 11, 1988 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- S44 · Spanaway, WA
- Destination
- WN41 · Sequim Valley, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 21 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLM, 29 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.