- Date
- October 29, 1976
- Place
- Banner Elk, NC · BANNER ELK, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88656Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761029034209A
- Case key
- 156342
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3575 76/10/29 BANNER ELK,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1040 N88656 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 47, 1161 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 786 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANNER ELK,NC WINSTON SALEM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD DOWNDRAFT UN CK DSCNT WITH FULL PWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88656
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N88656Registration cancelled Sep 2, 2010 · 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.