Cessna 150L accident near Goble, OR
On March 15, 2012, a Cessna 150L (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goble, OR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 15, 2012
- Place
- Goble, OR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 46.025°N, 122.920°W
- NTSB ID
- 20120315X14443
Official records · WPR12FA136
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 14, 2012, about 1725 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N18677, collided with a tree about 2 ½ miles northwest of Goble, Oregon. The flight instructor and his student received fatal injuries, and the airplane, which was owned and operated by Aero Maintenance Flight Center, of Vancouver, Washington, sustained substantial damage. The local 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 dual instructional flight, which departed Pearson Airport, Vancouver, Washington, about 1620, was being operated in an area where instrument meteorological conditions had been reported. No flight plan had been filed. According to local law enforcement officials, although one individual who lived about 4 miles from the accident site heard abnormal sounds coming from an airplane’s engine during the time period the accident airplane was likely in the area, there were no known witnesses to the crash itself. Therefore a search was not initiated until the operator reported the flight was overdue. Once the search was initiated, an emergency locator transmitter signal was detected, and a follow-up "pinging" of the cell phone of one of the occupants led to the discovery of the wreckage. According to the Aero Maintenance Flight Center’s Rental Dispatch Checkout Form, the expected departure time of the flight was 1500, with an expected return time of about 1700. But, the flight did not depart Pearson Airport until about 1620, and the reason for the delay is unknown. The occupants did not indicate on the dispatch form what their destination was, or what their route would be. They also
Probable cause
The flight instructor's decision to continue flight into the area of reduced visibility and the pilots’ subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the hilly terrain while operating in an area of low ceilings, rain, 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.
