- Date
- April 5, 1970
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50889Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128525
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1665 70/4/5 GARY,IND CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N50889 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARY,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO.ACFT VEERED L DRG TKOF.WIND GUSTING 12K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50889
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gary Muni
N50889Registration cancelled Feb 1, 2018 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N50889 · 1
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