- Date
- September 25, 1978
- Place
- Portage, WI · PORTAGE, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8815SCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780925041929A
- Case key
- 139406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3891 78/9/25 PORTAGE,WI CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1940 TIME - 1825 N8815S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 646 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTAGE,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- SEARCH FOR COW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8815S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- 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.