- Date
- December 16, 1975
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10878Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751216041539A
- Case key
- 152164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4007 75/12/16 KNOXVILLE,TN CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1205 N10878 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 349 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 257 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGHEE-TYSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND REMARKS- SHORT APCH BTWN TWO KC 97 ACFT.AIM PART 1 CVRS WAKE TURBULENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10878
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcghee-Tyson
N10878Registration cancelled May 20, 2015 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine 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.