- Date
- March 24, 1981
- Place
- Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N19517Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810324012279A
- Case key
- 136455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0553 81/3/24 RENO,NV CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 254 TIME - 2132 N19517 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO/STEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKO,NV RENO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- DARK MOONLESS NIGHT.ARPT SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.APP TO RWY 14,NO LIGHTS N OR E OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19517
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Reno/Stead
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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.