- Date
- August 7, 1980
- Place
- Bryson City, NC · BRYSON CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N60556Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800807036509A
- Case key
- 129574
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2065 80/8/7 BRYSON CITY,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 60, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N60556 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOSSAMON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRYSON CITY,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- D/A APPROX 4300FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60556
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sossamon
N60556Registration cancelled Sep 4, 2009 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N60556 · 1
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