Cessna 150F accident near Pineville, KY
On October 13, 2005, a Cessna 150F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Pineville, KY. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 13, 2005
- Place
- Pineville, KY
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 36.689°N, 83.814°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051027X01743
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 13, 2005, at 1452 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150F, N8684S, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain in Pineville, Kentucky. The certificated airline transport pilot was fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the flight that departed the Deer Run Airpark (85KY), New Castle, Kentucky. The personal flight was destined for the Hendersonville Airport (0A7), Henderson, North Carolina, and was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. At 1307, the pilot contacted the Louisville Flight Service Station, and requested a weather briefing for a VFR flight from "85KY to 50J, with an intermediate stop in Hendersonville, North Carolina (0A7)." The weather briefer provided current and forecast reports for the flight, and informed the pilot several times "VFR flight [was] not recommended," due to mountain obscuration. According to recorded air traffic control communications, at 1345, the pilot contacted the Lexington Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower, and requested flight following for a VFR flight from Frankfort to Hendersonville, North Carolina. The controller issued a transponder code to the pilot, and issued one traffic advisory during the flight. At 1405, the controller informed the pilot that he was 41 miles south of the Blue Grass Airport, "radar contact terminated, and frequency change approved." The pilot acknowledged the transmission, and no further transmissions were received from the pilot. A review of radar data revealed that a radar target correlated to be the accide
Probable cause
The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Factors in the accident were the low cloud ceiling and fog.
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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.
