- Date
- July 5, 1974
- Place
- Lake Alfred, FL · LAKE ALFRED, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50830Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740705021749A
- Case key
- 128125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1827 74/7/5 LAKE ALFRED,FLA CESSNA 150J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 99 TOTAL TIME - 1820 N50830 PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILBERT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ALFRED,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LVL 60 MG/DECILITER.ACFT OBSVD MAKING LOW PASSES.L WING HIT WATER ACFT CARTWHEELED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50830
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gilbert Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N50830 · 1
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