- Date
- November 9, 1970
- Place
- Whitwell, TN · WHITWELL, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3211XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158852
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4597 70/11/9 WHITWELL,TENN CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 16, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N3211X PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKWOOD,TENN GUNTERSVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL DROPPED INTO A SHALLOW DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3211X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3211XRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 2009 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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