Cessna 150M N714DS

Summary

On 23 August 1992 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N714DS, operated by Lemar Aircraft Inc., was involved in an accident near Union Township, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 August 1992 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Union Township, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Phillipsburg (317)

Coordinates

39.9497, -84.3203

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N714DS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lemar Aircraft Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC92FA174

1 person died.

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. FACTORS RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS NIGHT CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S LACK OF NIGHT EXPERIENCE, AND THE PILOT BECOMING LOST AND DISORIENTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN WITH THE LANDING LIGHT ON CIRCLING AND FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE OVER A CORN FIELD AND A TREE LINE ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND THE COMPLETE AIRPLANE WAS CONFINED TO AREA OF 30 BY 30 FEET. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY OF THE TREES IN THE AREA BEING DAMAGED NOR WAS THERE A SWATH IN THE CORN FIELD. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS. EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT'S LOG BOOK REVEALED THAT THE PILOT WAS ISSUES HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE IN 1966 AND HAD LOGGED A TOTAL OF 434 FLIGHT HOURS, 26 OF WHICH WERE NIGHT FLIGHT HOURS. NO NIGHT FLIGHT HOURS WERE RECORDED IN THE 15 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.