Cessna 150 accident near Suisun, CA
On January 12, 1996, a Cessna 150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Suisun, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 12, 1996
- Place
- Suisun, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.190°N, 121.931°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X05152
NTSB summary
On January 12, 1996, at 0338 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna 150, N18106, collided with level terrain in a pasture about 1 mile east of Travis AFB, Fairfield, California. The airplane was destroyed and the private pilot and passenger received fatal injuries. The airplane was rented from the Buchanan Flying Club, Concord, California, and was being operated by the pilot as a personal flight. The flight originated from the Napa County Airport, Napa, California, about 0200 hours. Dark night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. At 0235 hours, the pilot contacted the Travis AFB approach control. The pilot was unable to land at Buchanan Field due to weather. He requested a radar vector to the Rio Vista Airport located about 12 miles east of Travis AFB. Travis AFB approach controller vectored the pilot over the Rio Vista Airport, but the pilot was unable to see the airport. The pilot then requested from the Travis controller a vector to another airport and indicated the weather south of him was instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). The Travis controller informed the pilot that the Davis Airport was 15 miles to the northwest and the Sacramento Executive Airport was 15 miles to the north. The pilot decided to go to the Sacramento Executive Airport. The controller told the pilot to expect to be handed off to Sacramento approach control and to fly heading of three six zero and to maintain visual flight rules (VFR). The Travis controller then informed the pilot the Sacramento Executive Airport was operating under instrument flight rules (IFR) and the w
Probable cause
the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather conditions which eventually led to a loss of control due to spatial disorientation. Factors in the accident were: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, his impairment due to medication, the foggy weather conditions below weather minimums, and the dark night.
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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.
