- Date
- January 26, 1968
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87345Cessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111786
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0285 68/1/26 SANTA ANA,CALIF CESSNA 150F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 24 TOTAL TIME - 0910 N87345 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT FLEW INTO CLOUDS,ENTERED SPIN. FUSELAGE WRINKLED DURING SPIN RECOVERY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87345
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage