- Date
- March 20, 1980
- Place
- Gustine, CA · GUSTINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45073Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800320006999A
- Case key
- 131781
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0289 80/3/20 GUSTINE,CA CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1310 N45073 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 26, 2118 TOTAL HOURS, 500 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUSTINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CA OAKLAND,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT STATED-ACFT VEERED LEFT & BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL DRG FLT.NO MALFUNCTION/FAILURE FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45073
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gustine
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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.