- Date
- January 19, 1979
- Place
- Cortez, CO · CORTEZ, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63349Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790119001139A
- Case key
- 137898
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0235 79/1/19 CORTEZ,CO CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 145 TIME - 1730 N63349 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORTEZ MONTEZUMA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORTEZ,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63349
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cortez Montezuma
N63349Registration cancelled Sep 13, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.