ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42281
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Date: | Monday 4 December 1995 |
Time: | 11:58 |
Type: | Cessna 150K |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N5900G |
MSN: | 15071400 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Seville, OH -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Weltzien Skypar, OH (15G) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Witnesses saw an airplane flying erratically in the vicinity of the accident site. After about 8 minutes, it impacted terrain in a steep nose down attitude. During an investigation, no preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure of the airplane was found. The pilot was reported to have had marital problems. On 12/3/95, police intervened in a family problem, and the pilot's wife went to her parent's home. On 12/4/95 (morning of the accident), the pilot left a message for his wife on a telephone answering machine, indicating a desire '...to see my son...one more time...' and to say goodbye. Also, the pilot's sister and wife stated that he had talked about suicide on many occasions. Before the flight, the pilot had the titles to the family vehicles notarized, signed them, and left the papers for his wife. CAUSE: pilot suicide (intentional in-flight collision with terrain).
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001207X04958 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
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21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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