DIA68A0040

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150F · Churchville, MD · March 28, 1968

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
March 28, 1968
Place
Churchville, MD · CHURCHVILLE, MD
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N8120FCessna 150F
Status
Completed · report June 10, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
111354

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1044  68/3/28    CHURCHVILLE,MD      CESSNA 150F         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1559                    N8120F              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 24, 435 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK GRND,AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED,ON ITS BACK FROM A DIVE.

Aircraft

Registration
N8120F
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.