Date/location: APR-09-98 at SEATTLE, WA
Aircraft: Cessna 150L, registration: N39AA
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
On April 9, 1998, approximately 0545 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N39AA, impacted electrical transmission lines during an aborted landing at Boeing Field International Airport, Seattle, Washington. The commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured, and the aircraft, which was owned and operated by the pilot, sustained only minor damage. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight, which departed Apex Airpark, Silverdale, Washington, about 20 minutes earlier, was being operated in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan had been filed, and there was no report of an ELT transmission. According to the tower controller, the pilot had asked for a close-in approach, and was cleared to land on runway 31 left. When he reached the 4,000 feet remaining sign, on the 10,000 foot runway, he was still about 20 feet in the air. At that point, the aircraft was observed banking steeply to the left, and then starting a climb on a heading almost 90 degrees to the runway. Just past the west boundary of the airport, the aircraft became entangled in electrical transmission lines. It remained hanging from the power lines by one main gear for about four hours before rescue personnel were able to remove the pilot from the aircraft.
