- Date
- December 7, 1980
- Place
- Kokomo, IN · KOKOMO, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6475SCessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801207072379A
- Case key
- 127473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3681 80/12/7 KOKOMO,IN CESSNA 150H CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 582 TIME - 1904 N6475S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 308 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KOKOMO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,IN KOKOMO,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- HIT TREES ABT 3-1/2MI FRM RWY DRG 3RD ILS ATMT.PERFORATED ACUTE APPENDICITIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6475S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kokomo Muni
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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.