Cessna 150G accident near Sargent, TX
On October 4, 2001, a Cessna 150G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sargent, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 4, 2001
- Place
- Sargent, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 28.816°N, 95.649°W
- NTSB ID
- 20011010X02068
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 4, 2001, at 1305 central daylight time, a Cessna 150G airplane, N6212S, was destroyed when it impacted terrain after an encounter with weather while maneuvering at a private airstrip near Sargent, Texas. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot. The non-instrument rated private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, sustained fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight was originating at the time of the accident and was destined for the Bay City Municipal Airport, Bay City, Texas. According to the family of the pilot, the purpose of the flight was to reposition the airplane to the Bay City Municipal Airport. The pilot had stated that he wanted to "get the airplane up to Bay City before the rain starts." They also reported that, to their knowledge, the pilot was not under medical treatment or experiencing any health problems. According to the owner of the 2,700-foot grass airstrip, the airplane had been parked for approximately one week prior to the accident and was stuck in the mud due to rain. On the day of the accident, he assisted the pilot by helping him pull the airplane from the mud. The airstrip owner stated that just before the airplane departed his airstrip, it was raining "heavily," and he had told the pilot not to fly because "the wind and rain was too bad." He witnessed the pilot get into the airplane, taxi to the north end of the airstrip, and takeoff toward the south. The owner of the airstrip did not obser
Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, which resulted in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the pilot's flight into known adverse weather, his self-induced pressure to complete the flight and the thunderstorm.
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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.
