- Date
- March 25, 1993, 18:50 local (Mar 26, 1993, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Jordan Valley, OR
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3986JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930325006929A
- Case key
- 43003
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Probable cause
The pilot continued the VFR flight into IMC and failed to maintain clearance from obstacles on the ground. Factors relating to the accident were the clouds, low ceiling, and rain.
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 pilot descended to a low altitude and followed a highway when he encountered low ceilings, clouds, and rain while on a VFR flt. The acft struck a pole and wires on an electrical power line, and impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3986J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065286
- Airframe hours
- 5,159
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mckay, Wade D.
- Registered owner
- Mckay, Wade D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 19, 1992 · 171 hours before
- Departed
- BNO · Burns, OR
- Destination
- WMC · Winnemucca, NV
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 231 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNO, 85 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.
Other investigations on N3986J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.