Cessna 150 accident near Carlisle, PA
On August 19, 2026, a Cessna 150 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Carlisle, PA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 19, 2026
- Place
- Carlisle, PA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.188°N, 77.174°W
- NTSB ID
- 20260820203624
NTSB summary
On August 19, 2026, at 1852 eastern daylight time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, N873ST, and a Cessna 150H airplane, N23330, collided in flight near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The two commercial pilots onboard the helicopter were seriously injured, and the helicopter was substantially damaged. The commercial pilot on board the airplane was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The helicopter was operated by the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) as a public aircraft. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the PSP, the helicopter crew departed from Capital City Airport (CXY), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and flew to Carlisle Airport (N94), Carlisle, Pennsylvania, about 15 nautical miles away, to conduct flight instruction training exercises at the airport. ADS-B flight track data obtained from the FAA revealed the helicopter crew flew a straight in approach to runway 28 at N94 and crossed about 50 ft above the runway threshold at 1851. The helicopter then slowly descended and transitioned into a hover taxi about 1,800 ft down the 4,008-ft-long runway before exiting the paved surface to the north over a grass-covered field. While the helicopter was approaching the airport, ADS-B data showed that the airplane crossed over the airport to the northeast, then made left turns to enter a left crosswind leg to downwind leg of the traffic pattern for runway 28 (figure 1). A witness stated that he heard the airport Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) communications between the helicopter flight crew and t
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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.
