- Date
- September 16, 1965
- Place
- Resaca, GA · RESACA, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7960ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0723 65/9/16 NR.RESACA GA CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 127 TIME - 1521 N7960E PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- AIRFRAME OVERLOAD FAILURE DURING PULLUP FROM STEEP HIGH VELOCITY DIVE.REASON FOR DIVE IS UNKNOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7960E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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