- Date
- May 10, 1969
- Place
- 29 Palms, CA · 29 PALMS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N50656Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1336 69/5/10 29 PALMS,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N50656 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM DRY LAKE.ROUGH MOUNDS OF SAND CAUSED ACFT TO VEER INTO ADJACENT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50656
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N50656Registration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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