- Date
- April 25, 1966
- Place
- Temecula, CA · TEMECULA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8840SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2680 66/4/25 TEMECULA CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 135 TIME - 1730 N8840S PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON UNSUITABLE GRADED DIRT ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8840S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8840S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN24LA297Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportCastroville, TXThe pilot’s inadequate recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain proper airplane pitch control and airspeed during the go-around, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and an aerodynamic stall at a low…NTSB LAX71DUJ02Accident · No injuriesClosedCottonwood, AZNTSB LAX68D0242Accident · No injuriesClosedRiverside, CA