- Date
- May 18, 1968
- Place
- Yuma, CO · YUMA, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N579MACessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1620 68/5/18 YUMA,COLO CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 93 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N579MA PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUMA CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR 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 TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 23 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- TAXYING DOWNWIND 23K GUSTING 37K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N579MA
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yuma City
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Other investigations on N579MA · 2
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