- Date
- December 10, 1965
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8072SCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0911 65/12/10 SOUTH BEND,IND. CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2010 N8072S PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS 34, 3536 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JOSEPH COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED INSTRUMENT APPROACH. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8072S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St.Joseph County
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