Cessna 150M N714GT

Summary

On 10 February 1984 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N714GT was involved in an accident near Lincoln, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 February 1984 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Lincoln, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

39.0402, -98.1408

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N714GT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Russell → Salina

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

MKC84FA071

2 people 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

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT DEPARTED THE RUSSELL CONTROL ZONE AT NIGHT IN IFR CONDITIONS BY OBTAINING A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE. AFTER HE REPORTED CLEAR OF THE CONTROL ZONE, THERE WAS NO FURTHER RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC FACILITIES. AT 0235 CST, THE ACFT WAS REPORTED AS OVERDUE. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED & IT WAS FOUND AT ABOUT 0700 THE NEXT MORNING. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED IN A NEAR VERTICAL, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AT HIGH SPEED. NO PREIMPACT DISCREPANCIES OF THE ACFT WERE NOTED. RESIDENTS & AUTHORITIES NEAR THE CRASH SITE REPORTED GROUND FOG IN THE AREA AT THE ESTIMATED TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. LOW CEILINGS & FOG HAD BEEN FORCASTED FOR THE VICINITY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.