- Date
- April 16, 1980
- Place
- Dell City, TX · DELL CITY, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66207Cessna 150T
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800416009739A
- Case key
- 131127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0560 80/4/16 DELL CITY,TX CESSNA 150T CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 24 TOTAL TIME - 1420 N66207 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLOMAN AFB,NM ROUND ROBIN & RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WING TIPS COLLIDED W OVERHANGING SCRUB TREES DRG FORCED LNDG ON DIRT ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66207
- Reported as
- Cessna 150T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.