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NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Johnson City, TN · October 13, 1974

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
October 13, 1974
Place
Johnson City, TN · JOHNSON CITY, TN
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N60125Cessna 150
Status
Completed · report October 31, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19741013033829A
Case key
141127

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3028  74/10/13   JOHNSON CITY,TENN   CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 32, 44 TOTAL
        TIME - 1739                    N60125              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          TRI CITY,TENN               RETURN                       JOHNSON CITY,TENN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO CLB VERY STEEP,FALL OFF TO THE L,SPIN.FLT OPN DESCRIBED AS RECKLESS.

Aircraft

Registration
N60125
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Johnson City

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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.