- Date
- February 22, 1972
- Place
- South Bend, IN · SOUTH BEND, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7240SCessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0340 72/2/22 SOUTH BEND,IND CESSNA 150H CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1124 N7240S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST.JOSEPH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BEND,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- PLT WAS AWARE OF POSSIBLE WAKE TURB FROM CV-580.WAS APRXLY 1 MI BEHIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7240S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St.Joseph County
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