- Date
- August 2, 1972
- Place
- White Castle, LA · WHITE CASTLE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7089SCessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0700 72/8/2 WHITE CASTLE,LA CESSNA 150H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 189 TIME - 1650 N7089S PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANNADALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATON ROUGE,LA WHITE CASTLE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LOW FLAT APCH. HIT GRND WIRE ABOVE PWR CABLES ABOUT 90 FT AGL 1500 FT FROM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7089S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Annadale
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