- Date
- October 20, 1973
- Place
- Britton, TX · BRITTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51388Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731020033459A
- Case key
- 188519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2866 73/10/20 BRITTON,TEX CESSNA 150J CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1715 N51388 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- FLEW INTO GRND AFTER RECOVERY FROM NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. PLT PREVIOUSLY BUZZED HOUSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51388
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.