Cessna 150F N8232S

Summary

On 19 July 1982 at about 23:00 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8232S, operated by Darwin Hoffman/Charles Koehn, was involved in an accident near Sheridan Lake, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 July 1982 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sheridan Lake, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.4605, -102.2906

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8232S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Darwin Hoffman/Charles Koehn

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tribune → Tribune

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA151

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON A FLIGHT TO CHECK HIS FIELDS AND CROPS FOR POSSIBLE HAIL DAMAGE. REPORTEDLY, HE DECIDED TO SEE HOW A FRIEND WAS DOING WITH HIS WHEAT HARVEST AND TO SEE IF HE HAD RECEIVED HAIL DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE SPOTTED HIS FRIEND'S COMBINE AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LOW PASS CLOSE TO THE MACHINE. HE STATED THAT HE MISJUDGED HIS DISTANCE AND THE PLANE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, THEN SKIDDED ABOUT 300 FT TO A STOP. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE PILOT BUZZED BY TWO COMBINES AND A GRAIN TRUCK. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THAT HE THOUGHT THE PILOT WAS THEN GOING TO TURN AROUND AND BUZZ HIM (THE WITNESS) AGAIN; HOWEVER, WHILE IN A LEFT BANK, THE PLANE'S LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.