Cessna 172N accident near Bacliff, TX
On November 24, 1998, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bacliff, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 24, 1998
- Place
- Bacliff, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 29.499°N, 94.990°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11418
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 24, 1998, at 1101 central standard time, a Cessna 172N airplane, N4908D, was destroyed when it impacted power lines during cruise flight near Bacliff, Texas. The airplane was registered to a private individual and operated by Lentz Flying Service of Houston, Texas. The non-instrument rated private pilot and his passenger received fatal injuries. A flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal local flight that originated from Houston's Ellington Field Airport at 1044. The FAA had no record of the pilot receiving a telephone weather briefing for the flight. According to witnesses, instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the accident site. Immediately prior to the accident flight, another pilot and a flight instructor flew the airplane on an instrument instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that there were no discrepancies with the airplane during the 45-minute flight, which departed Ellington Field on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan. The flight terminated with an instrument landing system (ILS) approach back to Ellington Field. The flight instructor gave the keys of the airplane to the accident pilot, who was scheduled to rent the airplane from 1000 to 1200. Review of a voice tape provided by the FAA, which contained the communications between the Ellington Field control tower and the airplane, revealed that when requesting taxi clearance, the pilot reported that he had listened to automatic terminal information system (ATIS) broadcast "Hotel." ATIS "Hotel" included the 102
Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his inability to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from the wire. Contributing to the accident were the fog, low ceilings and his lack of instrument time.
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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.
