Cessna 150F N6984F

Summary

On 10 August 1996 at about 15:01 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N6984F was involved in an accident near Greenfld Twnshp, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 August 1996 at 15:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenfld Twnshp, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

42.2090, -79.8302

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N6984F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

North East → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD96LA131

2 people were seriously injured.

loss of engine power for undetermined reason(s). A high obstruction in the forced landing area was a related factor.

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

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The flight instructor (CFI) and student discussed a preparatory flight for the student's upcoming check flight. The accident site was where the flight instructor flew his students to practice maneuvering with the airplane. A witness on the ground stated that he was in a field when he heard an airplane coming from behind. He turned, then observed the airplane fly overhead. Once past him, the witness noted that the airplane engine sound seemed to go to a steady state. The witness stated that the airplane went out of his view, and he did not see the airplane hit the ground. The airplane cleared a set of residential power lines and impacted in a grassy, rough pasture. Ground scars showed that the airplane traveled about 60 feet from the initial impact point, coming to rest in an inverted position facing the direction of the ground scars. The wreckage showed that the airplane impacted the ground in a nose low, right wing down attitude. The temperature and dew point were reported to be 70 and 58 deg, respectively. According to icing probability charts, conditions were conducive to carburetor ice; however, carburetor icing was not verified.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.