- Date
- February 25, 1978
- Place
- Denton, TX · DENTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9355UCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780225004259A
- Case key
- 143698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0132 78/2/25 DENTON,TX CESSNA 150M CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 27 TOTAL TIME - 1955 N9355U PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DENTON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BONHAM,TX RETURN DENTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9355U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Denton Municipal
N9355URegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.