Cessna 150A N7250X

Summary

On 23 August 1984 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 150A registered N7250X was involved in an accident near Twin Lake, Michigan, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 August 1984 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Twin Lake, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

43.3601, -86.1694

Aircraft

Cessna 150A

Registration

N7250X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Muskegon → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA354

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A SPIRAL LIKE DESCENT WITH THE ENG IN A POWER RETARDED STATE AS EVIDENCED BY THE SOUND EFFECTS. THE WAS NO MISSING OR BACKFIRING OF THE POWER PLANT. THE ACFT STRUCK THE GROUND VERTICALLY AFTER BEING SEEN IN A NOSE DWN VERTICAL DESCENT WHILE SPRIRALING. THE PLT HAD BEEN DISQUALIFIED BY THE FAA FOR MEDICAL REASONS. HE WAS TAKING DILANTIN FOR PREVENTION OF SEIZURES, WHICH IS A DISQUALIFYING MEDICATION FOR A FLT PHYSICAL. NOTHING OF A MECHANICL NATURE WAS FOUND WHICH WAS CAUSAL TO THE ACCIDENT PROFILE DURING THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. THE AUTOPSY REVEALED MODERATE ARTERLOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE WITH CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. THE PLT WAS 54 YEARS OLD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.