- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Place
- Ocala, FL · OCALA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50571Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1583 71/7/26 NR.OCALA,FLA CESSNA 150J CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 7300 TIME - 1720 N50571 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCALA,FLA BARTOW,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT FLYING LOW AND SLOW ABOVE HIWAY. SPUN INTO HIWAY MEDIAN. PLTS TIME AS OF 1/18/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50571
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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