- Date
- May 20, 1979
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N704UNCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790520014649A
- Case key
- 136138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1024 79/5/20 MIDLAND,TX CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N704UN PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 1517 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 228 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 70 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CLOSED PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704UN
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midland Airpark
N704UNRegistration cancelled Sep 7, 2016 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N704UN · 1
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