- Date
- August 15, 1976
- Place
- Gary, IN · GARY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50189Cessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760815025389A
- Case key
- 154936
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2140 76/8/15 GARY,IN CESSNA 150H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 50, 97 TOTAL TIME - 1303 N50189 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARY,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND SMOKE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 69 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SPOT LDG CONTEST. WND 90 DEGREES FROM RWY HDG,6K ABOVE CROSSWND CMPT.RWY INTO WIND AVBL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50189
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gary Muni
N50189Registration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.