- Date
- January 16, 1966
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7774ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0241 66/1/16 SANTA PAULA CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1115 N7774E PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 58, 14278 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 60 KNOTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7774E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
N7774ERegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Cessna 150Airframe modelCessna 150Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.