- Date
- June 21, 1973
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7908ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730621021439A
- Case key
- 190081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1880 73/6/21 NR.TALLAHASSEE,FLA CESSNA 150 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1533 N7908E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 25, 1114 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 834 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAMPA,FLA TALLAHASSEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: OTHER AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DIDNT EVADE TSTM.L AIL CTL CABLE SEPARATED DUE LIGHTNING STRIKE.PLT LOST CTL,ACFT DISINTEGRATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7908E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7908E · 1
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