- Date
- August 13, 1979
- Place
- Sunflower, AZ · SUNFLOWER, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3196XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790813026439A
- Case key
- 134745
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2059 79/8/13 SUNFLOWER,AZ CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 325 TIME - 1630 N3196X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUNFLOWER,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL REMARKS- T.WING STRUCK MESQUITE TREE DURING TAKE OFF RUN ON GRAVEL ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3196X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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