- Date
- September 17, 1972
- Place
- Elkhorn, WI · ELKHORN, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8778GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3653 72/9/17 ELKHORN,WIS CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 54, 43 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N8778G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRUENWALD,WIS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRUENWALD,WIS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: CROP TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 100 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RJTD LNDNG,ATTMPTED GO-AROUND,DID NOT CLEAR CORN IN FLD ADJACENT TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8778G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gruenwald,Wis
N8778GRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8778G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.