- Date
- March 27, 1969
- Place
- Hillsboro, NC · HILLSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50400Cessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0554 69/3/27 HILLSBORO,NC CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1250 N50400 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AFTER SUCCESSFUL LDG,DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE,STRUCK DITCH ON T/O.FIELD SMALL BORDERED BY TALL TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50400
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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