ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228829
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| Date: | Monday 9 September 2019 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N9492U |
| MSN: | 15078440 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Whitehall, Muskegon County, MI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fremont Municipal Airport, MI (KFFX) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting a personal flight in visual meteorological conditions below the minimum safe altitudes and over congested areas when the airplane impacted the center of a water tower. Witnesses observed the airplane in straight and level flight before impact and reported the engine was running at that time. Examination of the wreckage revealed no anomalies that would have prevented the pilot from maneuvering to avoid the tower.
The pilot's toxicology results were positive for an antidepressant and a sedating antihistamine. The pilot was operating the airplane with an expired medical certificate, and his medical records indicated that he had been prescribed an antidepressant to treat anxiety/depression. This medication required the pilot to obtain a special issuance medical certificate before operating the airplane. It could not be determined if the pilot was impaired by his use of these medications or by the underlying conditions that warranted the medication.
The reasons that the pilot operated the airplane over a congested area at a low altitude and failed to avoid the water tower could not be determined based on the available evidence for this investigation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's flight into a water tower while operating below minimum safe altitudes for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence for this investigation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN19LA308
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9492U
Location
Media:
🇺🇸Muskegon County, Whitehall, MI - USA.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) September 9, 2019
Plane crashes into Whitehall water tower; pilot killed.
ASN: https://t.co/S6hH7Y0gCt
Press: https://t.co/siMAgkkG5V pic.twitter.com/2BP2AjVfnE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2019 17:31 | Geno | Added |
| 09-Sep-2019 18:40 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 18:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 18:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 18:46 | Captain Adam | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 21:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 23:34 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 09-Sep-2019 23:40 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 23:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Sep-2019 08:17 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 10-Sep-2019 13:59 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Embed code] |
| 10-Sep-2019 14:00 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2019 17:25 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 01-Jul-2022 17:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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