- Date
- August 3, 1978
- Place
- Lawton, OK · LAWTON, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3955UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780803029689A
- Case key
- 139621
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2549 78/8/3 LAWTON,OK CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2200 N3955U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 34, 2780 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 320 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HILLTOP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAWTON,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: UNMARKED OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH WIND SOCK POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3955U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hilltop
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.