Plane Crash List

Cessna 150L N1277Q

29 October 1982 · Watertown, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 October 1982 at about 23:07 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N1277Q, operated by George Eiss, was involved in an accident near Watertown, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 23:07
Classification
Accident
Location
Watertown, New York, United States
Coordinates
43.9999, -76.0408
Aircraft
Cessna 150L
Registration
N1277Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
George Eiss
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Watertown → Watertown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
NYC83LA015

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE TWO TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT THE WATERTOWN, NEW YORK INTL AIRPORT. HE THEN RETURNED TO HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN THE LOCAL AREA. WHILE EXECUTING A NIGHT APPROACH TO THE PRIVATE STRIP HE GOT TOO LOW. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ADDED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB, BUT WAS UNABLE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TOP OF TREES, THEN NOSED INTO THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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