Cessna 150M N45624

Summary

On 14 September 2010 at about 09:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N45624, operated by Roberto Guerrero, was involved in an accident near Bethel, Alaska, 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.

Date

14 September 2010 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bethel, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Bethel (PABE)

Coordinates

60.7786, -161.8372

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N45624

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Roberto Guerrero

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bethel → Bethel

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

ANC10CA089

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance during a night approach, resulting in a collision with terrain short of the runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The solo commercial pilot was doing full stop night landings, to become night current under Title 14, CFR Part 91. He said on his third landing, he noticed that the vertical approach slope indicator (VASI) lights were becoming red over red indicating that he was below the glide slope. He said he should have applied full power. The pilot reported that the airplane continued to descend, and struck the elevated instrument landing system (ILS) runway centerline lights and terrain short of the runway. He said there were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane's fuselage sustained substantial damage during the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.