- Date
- April 21, 1980
- Place
- Alamo, GA · ALAMO, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18648Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800421010799A
- Case key
- 131687
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0414 80/4/21 NR.ALAMO,GA CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N18648 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TELFAIR-WHEELER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCRAE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- WITNESS HEARD PWR BEING REDUCED,LEFT WING OBSERVED LOW THEN ACFT NOSED DOWN INTO SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18648
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Telfair-Wheeler
N18648Registration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.