- Date
- July 24, 1978
- Place
- Lucia, NC · LUCIA, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6288KCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780724018229A
- Case key
- 140624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2026 78/7/24 LUCIA,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 48 TOTAL TIME - 1205 N6288K PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROCKENBROUGH,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PRACTICING EMERG PROCEDURES.APPLIED PWR FOR GO-ARND AT LOW ALT,UNABLE TO CLR TREES.UPSLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6288K
- 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.