Cessna 150M accident near Beluga Lake, AK
On June 27, 2011, a Cessna 150M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Beluga Lake, AK. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 27, 2011
- Place
- Beluga Lake, AK
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 61.427°N, 151.781°W
- NTSB ID
- 20110627X44652
Official records · ANC11FA055
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 26, 2011, about 1600 Alaska daylight time, a tailwheel-equipped Cessna 150M, N66286, sustained substantial damage after impacting terrain near Beluga Lake, Alaska. The certificated private pilot was fatally injured, and the sole passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to the pilot, and operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions were forecast in the area at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from the Lake Hood Strip Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, about 1353. According to family members, the pilot was taking a visitor on a sightseeing flight to a glacier west of Anchorage. The pilot was carrying a SPOT satellite messenger, which was relaying periodic messages about the group's location to a website. The pilot's wife had been monitoring the flight and noticed that the SPOT location had not changed in several hours, so she notified local authorities to report the airplane overdue. At 0100 the next morning, a search and rescue crew located the airplane on a moraine east of the glacier. In a telephone interview with the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC) two months after the accident, the passenger reported that the intent of the flight was to sightsee near the Beluga Lake/Triumvirate Glacier area. He assisted the pilot with what he described as, “a very thorough preflight and walk around.” He said that he remembers departing Anchorage with good weather, and everything was normal with the flight. They landed twic
Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed during takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
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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.
