- Date
- November 18, 1966
- Place
- Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3859JCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3899 66/11/18 MELBOURNE FLA CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0045 N3859J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 775 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN F KENNEDY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-MISREAD ALTIMETER AND DESCENDED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3859J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- John F Kennedy
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