Cessna 150F accident near Wilder, TN
On October 31, 2024, a Cessna 150F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wilder, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 31, 2024
- Place
- Wilder, TN
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.317°N, 85.092°W
- NTSB ID
- 20241101195426
Official records · ERA25FA037
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn October 31, 2024, at about 1837 central daylight time, a Cessna 150F airplane, N8110S, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Wilder, Tennessee. The student pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The student pilot originally departed Atlanta Regional Airport-Falcon Field (FFC) Atlanta, Georgia earlier in the day and flew the 158 nautical mile (nm) flight to Cross Memorial Airport – Whitson Field (CSV), Crossville, Tennessee where he landed about 1729 and was on the ground for about 45 minutes; he fueled the airplane before departing on the second leg of the flight. Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) track data revealed that the accident airplane departed from runway 26 at CSV, about 1817 and the pilot was enroute to his final destination of DuPage Airport (DPA) Chicago/West Chicago, Illinois; about 385 nautical miles north-northwest. Night lighting conditions existed during departure from CSV as sunset had occurred at 1744 and the end of civil twilight was at 1811. In addition, the new moon had set at 1711 and was about 69° below the horizon. After departure, the airplane proceeded to the northeast on a track of about 062°for about 5 nm, then turned to about 042° for several miles while climbing to 4,600 ft mean sea level (msl). The airplane then turned toward a northwesterly track of about 340° while briefly maintaining 5,000 ft msl. The airplane’s flight track meandered back and forth between 320° and 355° for about 5 miles and the airplane
Probable cause
The student pilot’s decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions at night, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.
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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.
