Cessna 150L N17135

Summary

On 1 August 1982 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N17135, operated by J. Kenneth Forester, was involved in an accident near West Brattlebor, Vermont, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1982 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

West Brattlebor, Vermont, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N17135

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

J. Kenneth Forester

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Teterboro → Lebanon

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC82FA176

1 person died.

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

AT 2036 THE PLT CONTACTED BRADLEY APPROACH CONTROL (A/C) ON FREQ 121.5 & STATED HE WAS LOST, AT AN ALTITUDE OF 4,000 FT & IN "ALMOST IFR WEATHER." SINCE THE ACFT WAS NOT TRANSPONDER EQUIPPED A/C HAD THE PLT USE VOR ORIENTATION PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE HIS POSITION. AT 2040 THE PLT STATED HE WAS SOLID IFR. THE PLT WAS GIVEN HEADINGS TO A VOR WHERE VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. AT 2059 THE PLT DECLINED AN A/C SUGGESTION TO CLIMB UP ON TOP OF THE OVERCAST. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 54 MG%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.