ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 42287
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| Date: | Sunday 11 September 1994 |
| Time: | 00:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150J |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5565G |
| MSN: | 15071065 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roseburg, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tonopah, NV |
| Seattle, WA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 9, 1995, the wreckage of a Cessna 150J, N5565G, was located in mountainous terrain about 20 miles northeast of Roseburg, Oregon. The commercial pilot, who was the only individual found at the site of the accident, received fatal injuries, and the aircraft was destroyed. Although family members thought the pilot had departed Tonopah, Nevada on September 11, 1994, because no flight plan had been filed, the date of the accident and the last point of departure are unknown. The aircraft had never been reported missing, and no search for its wreckage had ever been initiated. The ELT was destroyed by the impact.
The pilot departed Tonopah, Nevada, on the morning of 9/11/94 with the intention of flying to the Seattle, Washington, area, where he intended to establish a new residence. Although the pilot never arrived in Seattle, family members, who thought he had gone to sea on a merchant ship, did not know the aircraft was missing until it was found by hunters more than a year after it departed Tonopah. Because no one knew the pilot's intended route, or how many days en route he had planned for, the date and time of the accident could not be positively determined. While en route, the aircraft collided with coniferous trees on steeply sloping mountainous terrain. There was no indication of any preimpact airframe or powerplant problems.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001206X02350
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 12-Oct-2022 05:09 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Category, Accident report, Photo] |
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