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NTSB Identification: LAX08FA115
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, April 18, 2008 in Sonora, CA
Aircraft: Cessna 150J, registration: N60760
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On April 18, 2008, at 1250 Pacific daylight time, a , N60760, was substantially damaged when it impacted rugged terrain in the Emigrant Wilderness Area, near Sonora, California. The airline transport pilot flight instructor and commercially certificated student were both fatally injured. Seaplane Ventures, Inc., was operating the airplane under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight. The airplane departed from a private cattle ranch near Angels Camp, California, 38 minutes before the accident. A flight plan had not been filed.
Digital photographic data recovered from the wreckage indicated that the airplane flew directly to Cherry Lake reservoir and made one landing approach, from north to south, at the north end of the reservoir. Then the airplane reversed course and flew north into rising terrain. An Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) signal was received by the U.S. Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Concerned friends of the overdue flight instructor and student commenced an aerial search; the airplane was located late that afternoon.
The airplane was found resting on its nose and the leading edges of its wings. The nose was crushed, and the engine was displaced aft into the cabin. The wing leading edges were crushed aft to the wing spars, and the forward ends of the floats were crushed aft to the forward attachment points.
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