- Date
- April 9, 1975
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM · CARLSBAD, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6568SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750409009259A
- Case key
- 148123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0903 75/4/9 CARLSBAD,NM CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N6568S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 22, 648 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 370 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAVERN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM ELECTRICAL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WING FLAPS FULL DOWN.WOULD NOT RETRACT,REASON UNDETERMINED.DENSITY ALT 4000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6568S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cavern City
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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.