Cessna 150 N3641J

Summary

On 12 September 1982 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N3641J, operated by Leonard Lanier, was involved in an accident near Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 September 1982 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Goldsboro Wayne County

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N3641J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Leonard Lanier

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Goldsboro → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

ATL82DA270

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON AFTER IT HAD BEEN SECURED FOR THE NIGHT AND THE FLIGHT OPERATION HAD BEEN CLOSED. ON THE NEXT MORNING, THE PLANE WAS FOUND ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 04, WHERE IT HAD CRASHED. AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE PITOT COVER HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED. THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN AN EXTENDED POSITION. IT WAS PRESUMED THAT THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT INJURIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.