- Date
- November 19, 1969
- Place
- Megargel, TX · MEGARGEL, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61167Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148250
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2739 69/11/19 MEGARGEL,TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 970 TIME - 1640 N61167 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 960 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA PARK,TEX IOWA PARK,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED IN A 180 DEG TURN TO LINE UP WITH PIPELINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61167
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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