Cessna 150 N1258Q

Summary

On 11 March 1988 at about 21:37 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N1258Q was involved in an accident near Sylva, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 March 1988 at 21:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Sylva, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.3704, -83.2206

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N1258Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88FA109

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 PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN IN THE BOXED CANYON MANEUVERING. THE WITNESS SAID THAT THE PILOT WAS GETTING LOWER ON EACH PASS, UNTIL THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO A WING OVER AND SUBSEQUENT SPIN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.