- Date
- September 10, 1971
- Place
- Hazard, KY · HAZARD, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7023SCessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163586
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1865 71/9/10 HAZARD,KY CESSNA 150H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 82 TOTAL TIME - 1958 N7023S PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOMBARD,ILL PIKEVILLE,KY LEXINGTON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONT FLT INTO AREA OF HIGH TERRAIN AND UNLTD ARPT AFTER DARK. HIT PWR LINES WHILE CIRCLING AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7023S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hazard
N7023SRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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