- Date
- September 3, 1973
- Place
- Castle Rock, CO · CASTLE ROCK, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8651JCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730903027129A
- Case key
- 188500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2953 73/9/3 CASTLE ROCK,COLO CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N8651J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIT TREES 6800FT LEVEL AVOIDING HI-TENSION LINE ACROSS VALLEY.DENS ALT ABT 9000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8651J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.