Cessna 150M N3419V

Summary

On 19 April 2006 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N3419V was involved in an accident near Roanake, Texas, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

19 April 2006 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Roanake, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Northwest Regional (52F)

Coordinates

32.9500, -97.1833

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N3419V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roanoke → Roanake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA109

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an unmarked transmission wire. A contributing factor was the low altitude flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The left main landing gear of the single-engine airplane collided with an unmarked guide wire during a simulated forced landing. The 6,130-hour flight instructor reported that while on the crosswind leg of the traffic pattern, while at about 600 feet above ground level (agl), he applied engine carburetor heat, reduced the engine power to idle, and asked the 156-hour student pilot to perform a simulated emergency power-off forced landing. As the two-seat single-engine airplane was descending, the flight instructor asked for the flight controls in order to "demonstrate a secondary field for landing" to the pilot receiving instruction. During the demonstration, the airplane's left main landing gear contacted an unmarked static transmission wire which resulted in a loss of control and an uncontrolled descent to the ground. The airplane impacted the ground with the outboard section of the right wing and came to rest in an inverted position. There was no postimpact fire and both occupants were able to exit the airplane unassisted. The flight instructor reported that there was no mechanical malfunction or failure with the airplane prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.