- Date
- August 29, 1974
- Place
- Hale Center, TX · HALE CENTER, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N19553Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740829030319A
- Case key
- 134367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2580 74/8/29 HALE CENTER,TEX CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 255 TIME - 1549 N19553 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HALE CENTER,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLAPS DOWN 12DEG.RCVRD 8/30/74.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19553
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- 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.