ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 36250
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 July 1994 |
| Time: | 18:42 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | Roessell Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N3150E |
| MSN: | 17271452 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3849 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Trout Run, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bowling Green, OH |
| Mount Pocono, PA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot received a preflight weather briefing which included information on an area of forcasted thunderstorms. He also received an inflight weather briefing from flight service and was made aware of thunderstorms in his area. He was attempting to reach an alternate airport when he inadvertently flew into the area of a level 5 thundersotrm. He reported he was in an area of lightning and decreased visibility. The airplane lost altitude and impacted the side of a hill. Doppler radar photographs of weather returns in the area showed a band of weather returns that extended to the west for over 20 miles and was approximately 7 miles wide. The radar returns of the airplane as it proceeded easterly were within this area of weather returns.
Probable Cause: the delayed decision of the pilot to deviate from known weather which resulted in an inflight loss of control and impact with terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC94FA126
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:22 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Apr-2024 05:58 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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