- Date
- February 1, 1969
- Place
- Martinsburg, WV · MARTINSBURG, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5900TCessna 150D
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191580
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0152 69/2/1 MARTINSBURG,W VA CESSNA 150D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1056 TIME - 0945 N5900T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1053 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT FAILED TO REACH ASSIGNED CRUISING ALT PRIOR TO MTS 6 MILES FROM ARPT.HIT MT SUMMIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5900T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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