- Date
- October 9, 1969
- Place
- Waukesha, WI · WAUKESHA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N6526SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2793 69/10/9 WAUKESHA,WIS CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1315 N6526S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKESHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAUKESHA,WIS MILWAUKEE,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TAXIED TO T/O POSITION WITH KNOWN GUSTS TO 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6526S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waukesha
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