- Date
- December 15, 1976
- Place
- Patriot, IN · PATRIOT, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2879SCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761215040599A
- Case key
- 156585
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3981 76/12/15 PATRIOT,IN CESSNA 150G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 547 TIME - 1230 N2879S PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 352 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLOOMINGTON,IN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- POWERLINE PATROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2879S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.