Cessna 150 N5563G

Summary

On 1 December 1984 at about 23:05 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N5563G was involved in an accident near Cisco, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 December 1984 at 23:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Cisco, Texas, United States

Coordinates

32.3807, -98.9807

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N5563G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ranger → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW85LA072

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE MANEUVERING IN THE BOTTOM OF A CANYON SEARCHING FOR A LOST CHILD A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER WAS EXPERIENCED. DURING THE FORCED LANDING THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND COMING TO REST INVERTED AFTER NOSING OVER IN THE UNIMPROVED TERRAIN. ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT HAD BEEN STANDING FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH LESS THAN FULL FUEL TANKS. DUE TO PRESSURE TO INITIATE THE AERIAL SEARCH HE DID NOT CHECK FOR WATER IN THE FUEL. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MECH MALFUNCTIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.