Cessna 150G N4813X

Summary

On 25 December 1993 at about 21:50 local time, a Cessna 150G registered N4813X, operated by Metcalfe, Jennifer & Brian, was involved in an accident near Truckee, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 December 1993 at 21:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Truckee, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150G

Registration

N4813X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Metcalfe, Jennifer & Brian

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX94LA080

2 people died.

THE PILOT'S IMPAIRED JUDGMENT AND IMPAIRED PERFORMANCE, WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, THAT RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE ABOVE THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND OBSTRUCTIONS (POWER LINE & TREES).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE RECENTLY CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS ON A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE CESSNA 150 APPROACHING A SUMMIT, WHILE FLYING LOW & SLOW IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE PITCHED UP NEAR SOME POWER LINES & DESCENDED INTO TREES. TWO OTHER WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE & HEARD THE ENGINE, WHICH THEY INDICATED WAS AT A HIGH POWER SETTING. THEY STATED THE AIRPLANE BARELY MISSED SOME TREES, & AFTER CLEARING SOME POWER LINES, IT HIT A TALL FIR TREE. ELEVATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 7300' MSL. TOXICOLOGY CHECKS OF THE PILOT'S BLOOD SHOWED 0.015 UG/ML OF MORPHINE, 0.018 UG/ML OF CHLORPHENIRAMINE, 0.020 UG/ML OF DOXYLAMINE. TESTS OF HIS URINE SHOWED 0.171 UG/ML OF MORPHINE & DETECTABLE LEVELS OF CHLORPHENIRAMINE & DOXYLAMINE. ALSO, THE PILOT TESTED POSITIVE FOR PSEUDOEPHEDRINE & IBUPROFEN. A FAMILY MEMBER STATED THE PILOT HAD RECOVERED FROM A RECENT FLU-LIKE ILLNESS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.