- Date
- October 5, 1970
- Place
- Rialto, CA · RIALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8661GCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161617
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1545 70/10/5 RIALTO,CALIF CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 21 TOTAL TIME - 0620 N8661G PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORROW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIALTO,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- OBS UNABLE TO SEE ACFT.PLT HAD HIS OWN KEY FOR USE WITH CLUB ACFT.PLT HAD 1.8 HRS TOTAL SOLO TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8661G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morrow
N8661GRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N8661G · 1
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