Cessna 150F accident near Jones, LA
On September 2, 1996, a Cessna 150F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jones, LA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 2, 1996
- Place
- Jones, LA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.940°N, 91.550°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X06713
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 1, 1996, at 2105 central daylight time, a Cessna 150F airplane, N8380G, was destroyed upon impact with terrain following a loss of control while maneuvering near Jones, Louisiana. The non-instrument rated commercial pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. The airplane, owned and operated by a private individual, was being operated under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. A weather briefing was received and a flight plan was not filed for the personal flight. The flight originated from the Morehouse Memorial Airport in Bastrop, Louisiana, at approximately 2055. According to relatives and personnel at the Bastrop airport, the airplane arrived from the Greenville Municipal Airport, in Greenville, Mississippi, at approximately 1635 to attend a family function nearby. The pilot called the FSS for a weather briefing before leaving the home of his relatives prior to being driven back to the airport. An employee of the airport advised the pilot about the prevailing marginal weather conditions, but the pilot elected to fly home to Greenville, as planned. The airplane was observed departing on runway 34 and disappearing into the fog on their proposed 62 nautical mile night cross country flight. At 2105, residents in the vicinity of the accident site reported "the steady engine sound of a low flying airplane followed by the sound of impact." They made a 911 call and initiated a search to locate the airplane with flashlights and the headlights of their vehicles. Ground visibility at the
Probable cause
VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (VMC), and failure of the pilot (PIC) to maintain control of the airplane after becoming spatially disorientation. Factors relating to the accident were: darkness, the adverse weather condition (fog and obscuration), and the pilot's lack of instrument experience.
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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.
