- Date
- April 14, 1973
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N60395Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730414007639A
- Case key
- 170564
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0902 73/4/14 TEHACHAPI,CALIF CESSNA 150J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1410 N60395 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CALIF TWENTYNINE PMS,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FSS WX BRIEFER DISCOURAGED FLT BELOW CLOUDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60395
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tehachapi
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.