- Date
- February 16, 1992, 19:45 local (Feb 17, 1992, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pullman, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N66473Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920216004839A
- Case key
- 41571
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Probable cause
Poor inflight planning/decision. Factors to the accident were bright night conditions and clearance not maintained.
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
During a night cross country flight, the airplane collided with transmission wires that were strung across a wide river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66473
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076073
- Airframe hours
- 3,630
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wood, Darrell J.
- Registered owner
- Wood, Darrell J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1991 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- SFF · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- LWS · Lewiston, ID
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 125 in this make and model · 131 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW, 13 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.