- Date
- February 28, 1975
- Place
- Forest, VA · FOREST, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7996ZCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750228004439A
- Case key
- 147714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0547 75/2/28 FOREST,VA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1352 TIME - 0200 N7996Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW LONDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOREST,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- TKOF ABT MIDFIELD OF 3180 FT RWY.POST ENG EXAM,CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7996Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New London
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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.