Cessna 150D N5945T

Summary

On 15 July 1982 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 150D registered N5945T, operated by Charles O. Gilman, was involved in an accident near Patton, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 July 1982 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Patton, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150D

Registration

N5945T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charles O. Gilman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Johnstown → Ebensburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC82FGM13

1 person was seriously 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 STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED JOHNSTON, PA AT ABOUT 2000 EDT ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO EBENSBURG, PA. HE SAW THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AT ABOUT 2015 EDT AND ELECTED TO FLY LOCALLY AND PRACTICE MANEUVERS. AT ABOUT 2045 EDT, HE BECAME LOST AND FLEW A LARGE RECTANGULAR PATH TO FIND A LANDMARK. BY ABOUT 2100 EDT, IT WAS GETTING DARK AND HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD WITH DEEP FURROWS THAT WERE OBSCURED BY VEGETATION. THE LANDING WAS MADE ACROSS THE FURROWS ON SOFT TERRAIN. WHILE LANDING, THE GEAR WAS DAMAGED. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 90 FT, THE PLANE NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.