- Date
- June 15, 1979
- Place
- Utica, MI · UTICA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N66427Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report August 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135777
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1382 79/6/15 UTICA,MI CESSNA 150M CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 152 TIME - 2230 N66427 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERZ MACOMB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UTICA,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE LANDING LIGHT(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- INTENTIONAL TAXI FOR TKOF W/O LIGHTS.PLT FELL BENEATH PROP DURING ASSESSMENT OF WINGTIP DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66427
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berz Macomb
N66427Registration cancelled Sep 28, 2017 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine 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 N66427 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.