- Date
- April 30, 1981
- Place
- Inyokern, CA · INYOKERN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6254KCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810430021749A
- Case key
- 125630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1369 81/4/30 INYOKERN,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 47, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1810 N6254K PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INYOKERN-KERN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINA LAKE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 96 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DRIFTED OFF RWY,STRUCK VASI LGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6254K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Inyokern-Kern Co
N6254KRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.