- Date
- April 19, 1967
- Place
- Mesquite, TX · MESQUITE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8371JCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117747
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0178 67/4/19 MESQUITE TEX CESSNA 150G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 80 TOTAL TIME - 1425 N8371J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- ACFT OBS ENTER STEEP DIVE FROM 1000 FT ALTITUDE.NO ATTEMPTED RECOVERY OBSERVED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8371J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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