Cessna 150J accident near Roseburg, OR

On September 11, 1994, a Cessna 150J (airplane) was involved in an accident near Roseburg, OR. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

September 11, 1994

Place

Roseburg, OR

Aircraft

Cessna 150J · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

43.250°N, 123.240°W

NTSB ID

20001206X02350

Official records · SEA94FA247

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 9, 1995, the wreckage of a Cessna 150J, N5565G, was located in mountainous terrain about 20 miles northeast of Roseburg, Oregon. The commercial pilot, who was the only individual found at the site of the accident, received fatal injuries, and the aircraft was destroyed. Although family members thought the pilot had departed Tonopah, Nevada on September 11, 1994, because no flight plan had been filed, the date of the accident and the last point of departure are unknown. The aircraft had never been reported missing, and no search for its wreckage had ever been initiated. The ELT was destroyed by the impact. According to family members, the pilot was moving to the Seattle area, and was thought to have departed Tonopah on September 11, 1994. No one in the pilot's family was aware of what his planned route was, or whether he intended to attempt the flight in one or more days. Because he was expected to seek a job as a merchant seaman soon after his arrival in Seattle, his family was not surprised when he did not contact them in the weeks after his departure from Tonopah. According to the pilot's daughter, family members assumed that he had arrived in the Seattle area, acquired a job on a merchant ship, and then gone to sea prior to making any contact with family. It was not until the aircraft was found by hunters, more than a year after the pilot's departure from Tonopah, that it was confirmed that he was missing, and that he and the aircraft had not made it to Seattle. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION The wreckage of the aircraft was found at latitu

Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain.

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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.