Cessna 150F accident near Poteau, OK
On October 1, 1999, a Cessna 150F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Poteau, OK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 1, 1999
- Place
- Poteau, OK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.039°N, 94.630°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X19778
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 30, 1999, at 2240 central daylight time, a Cessna 150F single-engine airplane, N8092S, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain while landing at the Robert S. Kerr Airport (RKR) near Poteau, Oklahoma. The flight instructor received serious injuries, and the student pilot, who was the owner of the airplane, was fatally injured. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The cross-country flight originated from RKR at 1955, completed planned landings at McAlester, Oklahoma, and Henryetta, Oklahoma, and was returning to Poteau at the time of the accident. The three leg cross-country flight was planned from RKR to McAlester, Oklahoma (MLC), to Henryetta, Oklahoma (F10), with a return leg to RKR. During a telephone interview conducted by the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC), the instructor pilot stated that the student pilot flew his airplane from Ozark, Arkansas (the student pilot's home base, located 48 nautical miles northeast of RKR), and arrived at RKR "late and unprepared" at 1900. The instructor helped the student prepare for the cross-country; however, because they were running late, the instructor performed the fuel calculations (based on a 4-hour endurance minus the fuel used during the flight to RKR) in his head. The instructor determined that they had sufficient fuel remaining for the 2.5-hour cross-country and a 45-50 minute reserve; therefore, they did not refuel the airplane prior to the night cross-country flig
Probable cause
The instructor pilot's inadequate in-flight decision making, which resulted in the continued flight with a disabled generator and subsequent total failure of the electrical system. Factors were the installation of the inadequate generator fuse by unknown person(s), the instructor's failure to refuel the airplane prior to the flight, and the dark night conditions.
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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.
