Cessna 150H accident near Auburn, NE
On January 12, 2023, a Cessna 150H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Auburn, NE. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- January 12, 2023
- Place
- Auburn, NE
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150H · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 40.362°N, 95.780°W
- NTSB ID
- 20230112106566
Official records · CEN23FA077
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 11, 2023, about 1924 central standard time, a Cessna 150H, N22859, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Farington Field Airport (K01), Auburn, Nebraska. The flight instructor and student pilot were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) information, the airplane departed Lincoln Airport (LNK), Lincoln, Nebraska, about 1845 and climbed to 3,500 ft mean sea level (msl). About 6 miles northwest of K01, the airplane began a descent and the last ADS-B information captured at 19:22:26 showed the airplane about 1.1 miles west of K01 at 105 knots groundspeed and about 1,900 ft msl (see Figure 1). Figure 1. Airplane’s Flight Track, K01 Airport, and Accident Site The airplane impacted a field without crops while on a southeasterly heading, about 1.2 miles south of the runway 34 threshold at K01. PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe flight instructor was issued his initial Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight instructor certificate on August 6, 2022, and a flight instructor instrument airplane rating on November 22, 2022. The flight instructor had accumulated about 36 total flight hours at night, and about 12 flight hours instructing students at night. AIRCRAFT INFORMATIONThe cockpit was equipped with flood ‘strip’ lights, which the flight instructor had previously reported could make viewing the in-set instruments in the cockpit more difficult at night (see Figure 2). Figure 2. Accident Airpla
Probable cause
The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control after a loss of engine power due to carburetor icing while maneuvering for forced landing in dark night visual meteorological conditions.
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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.
