- Date
- September 30, 1979
- Place
- Cass, AR · CASS, AR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N10734Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790930026089A
- Case key
- 133348
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2115 79/9/30 NR.CASS,AR CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1730 N10734 PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE 48, 4902 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1133 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT SMITH,AR RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 255 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WND GUSTING 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10734
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N10734 · 1
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