Cessna 152 accident near Hawley, MN
On March 29, 2013, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hawley, MN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 29, 2013
- Place
- Hawley, MN
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 46.813°N, 96.285°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130401X00543
Official records · CEN13FA214
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 29, 2013, about 1530 central daylight time, a Cessna 152, N5367B, was located near Hawley, Minnesota, about 15.5 nautical miles east of Moorhead Municipal Airport (JKJ), Moorhead, Minnesota, after it was reported missing. The non-instrument rated private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, wings, and empennage. The airplane was registered to and operated by Superior Flying Services LLC under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight and was not operating on a flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions were forecast before the flight originated and were present throughout the day for the destination airport. The flight originated from Richard I Bong Airport (SUW), Superior, Wisconsin, about 0900, and was destined for JKJ. According to the owner of Superior Flying Services LLC, the pilot arrived at the airport about 0800. About 0900, the owner moved the airplane outside from the hangar where it was kept and topped it off with fuel. He did not know where the pilot was going and said that the pilot wanted to use the airplane for the weekend, and that the pilot was going to keep the airplane in a hangar in Moorhead, Minnesota. There was no record of a weather briefing through a flight service station or a direct user access terminal service. According to a Federal Aviation Admiration (FAA) inspector, a designated pilot examiner (DPE) said he saw the pilot obtaining weather on a computer at SUW prior to his departure on the day of the accident. The DPE said that
Probable cause
The noninstrument-rated pilot’s improper decision to conduct a flight into known instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in a loss of control.
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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.
