- Date
- June 21, 1975
- Place
- Cheswold, DE · CHESWOLD, DE
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5778GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750621020299A
- Case key
- 149336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1633 75/6/21 CHESWOLD,DE CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 59, 203 TIME - 1858 N5778G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN,DE LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL .33 PCT.ACFT OBSVD AT LOW ALT FLT DESCRIBED AS ERRATIC VARYING BTW 200-800 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5778G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- 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.