- Date
- January 31, 1974
- Place
- Orange, TX · ORANGE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6545FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740131002869A
- Case key
- 186947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0379 74/1/31 ORANGE,TEX CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 8600 TIME - 1703 N6545F PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 7300 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATON ROUGE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- DIPPED WING,WAVED TO PERS ON GRND,LOST CONTROL IN CLIMBING TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6545F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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