ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38785
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Date: | Saturday 5 September 1992 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | Cessna A150L |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N6054J |
MSN: | A1500354 |
Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Troy, ME -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Marston Mills, MA (2B1) |
Destination airport: | Pittfield, ME (2B7) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE MADE A LOW PASS, THEN MANEUVERED THROUGH AN INVERTED ATTITUDE BEFORE IMPACTING THE WATERS OF A POND. ONE WITNESSES SAID THE AIRPLANE WAS ROLLING UPRIGHT WHEN IT STRUCK THE WATER IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. A FRIEND OF THE PILOT, WHO LIVED NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE, SAID THAT IN THE PAST, HE HAD MADE A LOW PASS AND ROLLED THE AIRPLANE TO ANNOUNCE HIS ARRIVAL IN THE AREA. THE FRIEND WOULD THEN GO TO A LOCAL AIRPORT TO PICK UP THE PILOT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. CAUSE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE DURING AN AEROBATIC MANUEVER.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001211X15601 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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