- Date
- October 11, 1975
- Place
- Los Alamos, NM · LOS ALAMOS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18084Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751011039149A
- Case key
- 151464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3734 75/10/11 LOS ALAMOS,NM CESSNA 150L CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N18084 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 1027 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 880 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ALAMOS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ALAMOS,NM RETURN SANTA FE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 LEFT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 75 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STUDENT BOUNCED,ACFT DRIFTED R.IP TOOK CTLS,ATTMPTD GO ARND.HIT POLE & TREE.GUSTS 20K.DA 11000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18084
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Alamos
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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.