Cessna 150 N7983E

Summary

On 11 July 1999 at about 19:05 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N7983E was involved in an accident near Hubbard Lake, Michigan, 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 July 1999 at 19:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Hubbard Lake, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

44.7994, -83.5909

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N7983E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harrisville → Hubbard Lake

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI99FA221

1 person died.

the failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control after executing the low pass and steep nose up climb.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Witnesses reported seeing the airplane flying between 50 and 200 feet above the surface of a lake when it began a steep climb. One witness said the airplane "...went straight up 200 feet from the ground." The witnesses reported that the airplane rolled to the left and descended in a steep nose down attitude until it collided with the ground about 50 feet west of the lake's shoreline.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.