Cessna 150F N8268S

Summary

On 4 May 1986 at about 00:41 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8268S, operated by Stephen R.lewis, was involved in an accident near Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 May 1986 at 00:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Pembroke Pines, Florida, United States

Coordinates

25.9905, -80.2191

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8268S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Stephen R.lewis

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft. Lauderdale → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA86FA146

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

A WITNESS STATED THAT HE WAS STANDING IN HIS FRONT YARD WHEN HE HEARD AN ACFT ENG SPUTTER & THEN COMPLETELY QUIT. HE LOOKED UP & SAW THE LIGHTS OF THE ACFT DISAPPEAR BEHIND TREES, & MOMENTS LATER, HE HEARD THE ACFT CRASH. A POST CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT IT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN, RGT WING LOW ATTITUDE & WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. NO USABLE FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. ALSO, NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FND CONCERNING THE ACFT'S STRUCTURE, FLT CONTROL SYS OR POWER PLANT. A TOXICOLOGY CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD REVEALED AN ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.10%. THE ACDNT OCCURRED AFTER DARK, APRX 26 MIN AFTER THE PLT TOOK OFF.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.