- Date
- March 9, 1968
- Place
- Columbus, GA · COLUMBUS, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3037SCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1111 68/3/9 COLUMBUS,GA CESSNA 150G CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 301 TIME - 0557 N3037S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAWSON ARMY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: MISSED APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT REFUSED ALTERNATE ARPT BEFORE FUEL WAS CRITICAL.CRASHED INVERTED IN SHALLOW CREEK.NOT INST RTD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3037S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lawson Army
N3037SRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2017 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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