Cessna 150 N7933E

Summary

On 4 March 1992 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N7933E, operated by LEE L. Brown, was involved in an accident near Williams, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 March 1992 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Williams, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

35.3706, -112.2595

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N7933E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

LEE L. Brown

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX92FA135

2 people died.

THE PILOT INADEQUATELY EVALUATING THE WEATHER CONDITION, AND THE PILOT'S INFLIGHT DECISION TO CONTINUE FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S VISUAL LOOKOUT ABILITY BEING RESTRICTED BY THE PREVAILING WEATHER CONDITIONS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY, FOG AND SNOW.

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ACCORDING TO WITNESSES LOCATED ON THE GROUND, THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE WAS FLYING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS FOLLOWING AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES AND NOTED WIRE STRIKES, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A STATIC WIRE AT ABOUT 127 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE ENTERED AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE HIGHWAY'S MEDIAN STRIP IN A NEAR VERTICAL, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AND A WEATHER REPORTING STATION LOCATED 35 MILES TO THE EAST, WAS PARTIAL OBSCURATION, 400 FEET SCATTERED, 2 MILES VISIBILITY RESTRICTED BY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS, FOG AND DRIZZLE. THE TEMPERTURE WAS 35 DEGREES AND THE DEW POINT WAS 34.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.