- Date
- February 16, 1976
- Place
- Mineral Wells, TX · MINERAL WELLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3403JCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760216002389A
- Case key
- 152347
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0203 76/2/16 MINERAL WELLS,TX CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 11 TOTAL TIME - 0915 N3403J PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINERAL WELLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINERAL WELLS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 69 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SECOND SOLO FLT. GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3403J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mineral Wells
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3403J · 1
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