19810416017949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150F · Copper Glacier, AK · April 16, 1981

Date
April 16, 1981 · 10:30 local
Place
Copper Glacier, AK
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8768S
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC81DA044
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,900 total1,800 in this make and model94 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was climbing aircraft to clear Glacier and encountered windshear which caused loss of altitude and crash.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS CLIMBING AIRCRAFT TO CLEAR GLACIER AND ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF ALTITUDE AND CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.