Cessna 150J N5565G

Summary

On 11 September 1994 at about 07:00 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N5565G was involved in an accident near Roseburg, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 September 1994 at 07:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Roseburg, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

43.2497, -123.2400

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N5565G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Seattle

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

SEA94FA247

1 person died.

the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot departed Tonopah, Nevada, on the morning of 9/11/94 with the intention of flying to the Seattle, Washington, area, where he intended to establish a new residence. Although the pilot never arrived in Seattle, family members, who thought he had gone to sea on a merchant ship, did not know the aircraft was missing until it was found by hunters more than a year after it departed Tonopah. Because no one knew the pilot's intended route, or how many days en route he had planned for, the date and time of the accident could not be positively determined. While en route, the aircraft collided with coniferous trees on steeply sloping mountainous terrain. There was no indication of any preimpact airframe or powerplant problems.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.