- Date
- April 18, 1973
- Place
- Columbia, SC · COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2860SCessna 150B
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730418009689A
- Case key
- 170531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1031 73/4/18 COLUMBIA,SC CESSNA 150B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 48, TIME - 1930 N2860S PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 23 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OWENS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- NIGHT APCH,R WING HIT TELEPHONE POLE.NO NIGHT FLT RECORDED,REVOKED STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2860S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Owens Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.