Plane Crash List

Cessna 150K N5656G

29 April 2004 · Monticello, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 April 2004 at about 23:35 local time, a Cessna 150K registered N5656G, operated by William Garvey, was involved in an accident near Monticello, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 23:35
Classification
Accident
Location
Monticello, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport
Monticello Sky Ranch Airport (GA06)
Coordinates
33.3325, -83.7269
Aircraft
Cessna 150K
Registration
N5656G
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
William Garvey
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Monticello → Monticello
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL04LA110

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees during taxi from landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he had flown around the local area and established a traffic pattern for a landing on runway 32. After rolling approximately 2,600 feet from the approach end of the runway, the pilot slowed down to turn around in the middle of the runway. The pilot stated that airplane got too close to the east edge of the runway surface, and the left wing tip hit some small tree saplings. The airplane yawed to the left and collided with a large seven-foot-tall tree, then came to rest in a ditch that was along the side of the runway. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left wing was twisted back, and showed buckling of the upper and lower wing skin surfaces. According to the pilot, runway 32 was 3800 feet long and 80 feet wide. According to the Cessna 150 Owner's Manual, principal dimensions, the wing span is 32 feet 8 1/2 inches.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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