- Date
- June 24, 1971
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N50723Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2278 71/6/24 YUMA,ARIZ CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 18, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1207 N50723 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YUMA,ARIZ CALEXICO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PLT PROPD ACFT.ACFT TKOF W/O PLT,FLEW 2.5 HRS,CRASHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50723
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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