- Date
- September 23, 1979
- Place
- Porcupine, WI · PORCUPINE, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7853ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790923036869A
- Case key
- 133025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3150 79/9/23 PORCUPINE,WI CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 212 TIME - 1730 N7853E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAU CLAIR,WI DICKENS,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PATHOLOGIST STATED-PLT HAD MOD CALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS,COULD CAUSE BLACKOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7853E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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