- Date
- November 5, 1966
- Place
- Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7981FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120621
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0969 66/11/5 ERIE COLO CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 113 TIME - 1010 N7981F PX- 1 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO PARTIALLY RECOVER FROM SPIN,BEFORE IT CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7981F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7981FRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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