- Date
- September 7, 1968
- Place
- Skipperville, AL · SKIPPERVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8207SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108211
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3073 68/9/7 SKIPPERVILLE,ALA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N8207S PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 396 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 125 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM AREA USED FOR MILITARY HELICOPTER GCA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8207S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8207SRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8207S · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL84FA193Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportLaceys Spring, ALA non-certificated plt made a steep turn after takeoff. The acft then entered a dive & impacted the ground in a steep nose low attitude. No record of pilot proficiency was found. Acquaintances reported that the plt had no training other than the minimum…NTSB ATL81FKJ16Accident · No injuriesClosedOzark, ALNTSB MIA70D0083Accident · No injuriesClosedOzark, AL