- Date
- July 4, 1976
- Place
- Elkhorn City, KY · ELKHORN CITY, KY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9238UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760704021059A
- Case key
- 154898
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1967 76/7/4 ELKHORN CITY,KY CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N9238U PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 616 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 399 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKHORN CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKHORN CITY,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON REMARKS- FLT UP CANYON,NEAR END ACFT OBSVD IN L BANK WHICH CONT TO STEEPEN TO NEAR VERTICAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9238U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elkhorn City
N9238URegistration cancelled Sep 15, 2009 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.