- Date
- February 17, 1979
- Place
- Champaign, IL · CHAMPAIGN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66092Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790217003139A
- Case key
- 137794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0212 79/2/17 CHAMPAIGN,IL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N66092 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 53 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL CHAMPAIGN,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 10 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 21 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66092
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willard
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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