- Date
- July 27, 1966
- Place
- Racine, WI · RACINE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3005JCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122384
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0635 66/7/27 RACINE WIS CESSNA 150 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2138 N3005J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 1994 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1540 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORLICK-RACINE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GRND FOG OBSCURED RWY ON FLAREOUT FOR 3RD LANDING.INST.ABORTED LDG.AS ACFT TOPPED FOG IT HIT TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3005J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Horlick-Racine
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