- Date
- July 18, 1981
- Place
- Honeydew, CA · HONEYDEW, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2486JCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810718046189A
- Case key
- 123864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2381 81/7/18 HONEYDEW,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 311 TIME - 1615 N2486J PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANDERGAN STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONEYDEW,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND 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 77 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 280 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD WND 3-5KT,ENCTRD QTRG TAIL GSTS 25-30KT DRG TKOF,WITNESS RPRT 10-15KT.HIT TREES L OF RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2486J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Landergan Strip
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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.