Cessna 150L N17024

Summary

On 29 May 1984 at about 03:30 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N17024, operated by Dale Allen Fosdick, was involved in an accident near Nome, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 May 1984 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Nome, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

64.7102, -164.6209

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N17024

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dale Allen Fosdick

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nome → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC84FA078

3 people 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

NUMEROUS WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING AT LOW ALT & BEHAVING IN AN ERRATIC MANNER. ACCORDING TO 3 WITNESSES, THE PLT BUZZED PERSONS FISHING ON A LOCAL RIVER, AN OCCUPIED ROADHOUSE & VEHICLES ON 2 ROADWAYS. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CRASHED ON SOFT TERRAIN WHILE IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THERE WERE 3 OCCUPANTS IN THE 2 PLACE ACFT. ONE PASSENGER OCCUPIED THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT WITH NO RESTRAINT DEVICES. SHE WAS STILL ALIVE AFTER IMPACT, BUT DIED BEFORE RESCUE PERSONNEL COULD REMOVE HER FROM THE WRECKAGE. BLOOD TESTS SHOWED THAT THE PLT HAD AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 0.182% (182 MG%). THE 2 PASSENGERS HAD BLOOD/ALCOHOL LEVELS OF 0.088% & 0.198%. THE ACFT WEIGHT & BALANCE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 58 LBS OVER ITS MAX GROSS WT LIMIT & ITS CENTER-OF-GRAVITY WAS BEHIND THE AFT LIMIT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.