Cessna 150L accident near Yerington, NV
On November 12, 1998, a Cessna 150L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Yerington, NV. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 12, 1998
- Place
- Yerington, NV
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.870°N, 119.140°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11447
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 12, 1998, at 1043 hours Pacific standard time, a Cessna 150L, N19281, and a Cessna A185F, N204D, collided while both aircraft were in the traffic pattern at the Yerington, Nevada, airport. Both aircraft were destroyed. The two occupants in N19281 and the single occupant in N204D all received fatal injuries. The aircraft were being operated by their pilot/owners under 14 CFR Part 91, with N19281 as an instructional flight and N204D as a personal flight at the time of the accident. Both flights originated from Yerington Municipal airport. N19281 departed about 1000 and had remained in the traffic pattern. N204D departed about 1042 with a final destination of Carson City, Nevada. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plans were filed. A witness in a third aircraft that departed the Yerington airport immediately after N204D reported that he had both aircraft in sight as he was departing on runway 19. In his drawing of what he saw, he depicted N19281, the first to depart, as making a slight dog-leg to the right after takeoff from runway 19 in accordance with an airport noise abatement procedure. N19281 was in a crosswind turn as N204D, who was the next to depart from runway 19, proceeded straight out on the upwind leg. As he watched, N204D overtook N19281 approaching from its 7 o'clock position. N19281 was in a left turn to downwind as N204D also began a left crosswind turn. N204D, the faster of the two aircraft, turned inside N19281. N204D continued in a 180-degree crosswind turn until catching up and colliding with N
Probable cause
the failure of the pilot of Cessna 185 to see and avoid the preceding airplane, which was already established in the traffic pattern. A factor was the failure of both pilots to announce their intentions on the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.
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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.
