- Date
- September 13, 1993, 19:30 local (Sep 14, 1993, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Silverton, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11882Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930913036949A
- Case key
- 41777
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Probable cause
Clearance was not maintained. A factor to the accident was: poor in-flight planning/decision.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flight, the flight instructor planned on buzzing the student's house. While flying over the corn field, the instructor was aware of the power lines that ran parallel to the field, but did not see the ones that ran perpendicular to the field and the airplane's flight path. The airplane struck the wires and was then flown back to the airport without further incident.
Factual narrative
On September 13, 1993, at approximately 1930 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N11882, collided with a power line during a low level flight maneuver near Silverton, Oregon. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certificated flight instructor and student pilot were not injured. The flight had originated from Aurora, Oregon.
The flight instructor reported that the student wanted to see his home from the air and the instructor stated that he planned to "buzz" the house. The instructor set up to fly down the center of a corn field and said that he saw the power lines that were parallel to the airplane's flight path, but did not see the ones running perpendicular to the flight path.
The accident was not reported until September 24, 1993, when it was determined that there was structural damage to the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11882
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075684
- Airframe hours
- 6,392
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aurora Aviation
- Registered owner
- Latta, John S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 1993 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- SLE · Salem, OR
- Destination
- 352 · Aurora, OR
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 460 total · 50 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.