Cessna 172N N3150E

Summary

On 13 July 1994 at about 21:42 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N3150E was involved in an accident near Trout Run, Pennsylvania, 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

13 July 1994 at 21:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Trout Run, Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

41.3903, -77.0795

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N3150E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bowling Green → Mount Pocono

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC94FA126

2 people died.

the delayed decision of the pilot to deviate from known weather which resulted in an inflight loss of control and impact with terrain.

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

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The pilot received a preflight weather briefing which included information on an area of forcasted thunderstorms. He also received an inflight weather briefing from flight service and was made aware of thunderstorms in his area. He was attempting to reach an alternate airport when he inadvertently flew into the area of a level 5 thundersotrm. He reported he was in an area of lightning and decreased visibility. The airplane lost altitude and impacted the side of a hill. Doppler radar photographs of weather returns in the area showed a band of weather returns that extended to the west for over 20 miles and was approximately 7 miles wide. The radar returns of the airplane as it proceeded easterly were within this area of weather returns.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.