- Date
- March 14, 1965
- Place
- Auburn, AL · AUBURN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7966ZCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179783
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0095 65/3/14 NR.AUBURN ALA CESSNA 150G CR- 1 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0007 N7966Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 24, 2415 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 967 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUBURN-OPELIKA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS GROUND FOG TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7966Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Auburn-Opelika
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