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Cessna 150F N7198F

12 November 2002 · Logan, Utah, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 November 2002 at about 23:45 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N7198F was involved in an accident near Logan, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 23:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Logan, Utah, United States
Nearest airport
Logan/Cache (LGU)
Coordinates
41.7875, -111.8525
Aircraft
Cessna 150F
Registration
N7198F
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Heber → Logan
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Dusk
NTSB number
DEN03LA015

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The pilot's premature flare and his failure to maintain airspeed, resulting in a stall. A contributing factor was the dusk light conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said "I think I flared too high and it was taking me more time than [sic] usual to land and then everything went wrong." He said the airplane stalled and impacted the ground. Subsequently, the left aileron was damaged, the outboard right wing tip (2 feet) was bent up, the upper wing skin was wrinkled the full length, and the lower wing skin was wrinkled for the last outboard 5 feet. According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, official sunset was at 1710 mountain standard time. The pilot stated in his accident report that dusk light conditions existed at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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