- Date
- April 20, 1967
- Place
- Middletown, DE · MIDDLETOWN, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8480JCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178422
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1266 67/4/20 MIDDLETOWN,DEL CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 12 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N8480J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUMMIT AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT REMARKS- ON 1ST SOLO LNDG STUDENT ATTEMPTED TOUCH AND GO.STUDENT NOT ADVISED 1ST 3 LNDGS TO BE FULL STOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8480J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Summit Airpark
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