- Date
- May 21, 1978
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18131Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780521014719A
- Case key
- 142404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1098 78/5/21 NR.FT.LAUDERDALE,FL CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1030 N18131 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLYWOOD,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- A/C OBSERVED DESCENDING IN STEEP NOSE DOWN SPIRAL FM APPROX 1000 FT UNTIL IMPACT IN SWAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18131
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Perry
N18131Registration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N18131 · 1
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