Cessna 152 N53301

Summary

On 6 November 2000 at about 04:05 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N53301 was involved in an accident near Corvallis, Oregon, 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

6 November 2000 at 04:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

44.6293, -123.2698

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N53301

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eugene → Independence

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA01FA015

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain. Factors include a dark night, densely forested, hilly terrain near the planned route of flight, and low ceilings in the area of the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot, who made a dark-night departure from a controlled airport, was returning to the non-controlled airport from which he had initiated his round-robin flight about three hours earlier. While en route, at an altitude that was approximately 500 feet below a broken to overcast ceiling, he initiated a turn that took him toward rising terrain. While still in cruise flight, the aircraft collided with trees about 150 feet below the summit of a heavily forested ridge.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.