- Date
- December 7, 1969
- Place
- Vernal, UT · VERNAL, UT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3163 69/12/7 VERNAL,UT CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 43 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N8408J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 2 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERNAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GRAND JUNCTION,COLO GRAND JUNCTION,COLO VERNAL,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- N8408J SAW N68588 TAXYING.PLT STOPPED,DIDNT CLEAR TO NEARBY RAMP.LOW SUN WAS BEHIND N8408J.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3163 69/12/7 VERNAL,UT AERONCA 7BCM CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1700 TIME - 1630 N68588 PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERNAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERNAL,UT VERNAL,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- N68588 TAXIED INTO N8408J. LOW SUN BEHIND N8408J. UNCONTROLLED APT.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N68588
- Reported as
- Aeronca 7BCM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vernal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N8408J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Vernal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N68588 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.