- Date
- July 28, 1979
- Place
- Marana, AZ · MARANA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N11841Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790728019569A
- Case key
- 134659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1907 79/7/28 MARANA,AZ CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1720 N11841 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 29, 975 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 475 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AVRA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARANA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 100 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED ACFT WAS STRUCK BY DUST DEVIL.WND GUSTING 12 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11841
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Avra Valley
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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.