- Date
- August 17, 1978
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18686Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780817023599A
- Case key
- 139934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3781 78/8/17 NR.LANSING,MI CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 15 TOTAL TIME - 0906 N18686 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18686
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital
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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.