- Date
- March 12, 1975
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA · SANTA MONICA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N10951Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750312005669A
- Case key
- 147817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0491 75/3/12 SANTA MONICA,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 160 TIME - 1100 N10951 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 155 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MONICA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT TAXIED INTO BUSHES NEXT TO TAXIWAY TRYING TO GET AROUND HOVERING HELICOPTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10951
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Monica
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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.