Cessna 150F N8320G

Summary

On 3 November 1983 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8320G, operated by Richard L. Turner, was involved in an accident near Portland, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 November 1983 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Portland, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

40.4298, -84.9794

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8320G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Richard L. Turner

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montpelier → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

CHI84FA035

1 person died.

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 PLT HAD JUST PURCHASED THE ACFT & FLEW A PREVIOUS CO-OWNER TO MONTPELIER, IN, WHERE HE LANDED AT ABOUT DUSK. THE PREVIOUS CO-OWNER DEPLANED. HE SAID THAT AFTER THE ACFT TOOK OFF, HE SAW IT TURN TO THE WEST & DEPART TOWARD MARION. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY NUMEROUS RESIDENTS, CIRCLING OVER PORTLAND, IN, APRX 16 MI SOUTHEAST OF MONTELIER, AT LOW ALT. THE RESIDENTS REPORTED THAT IT WAS MAKING FREQUENT DIVES, CLIMBS & CIRCLES AT LOW ALTITUDES. AT APRX 1830, IT CRASHED WHILE IN A STEEP DIVE. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE WAS MADE, BUT NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE WAS FOUND. HOWEVER, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ACFT & EVIDENCE THAT IT HAD IMPACTED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. PATHOLOGICAL & TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMS REVEALED NO SIGNIFICATNT FACTORS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.