- Date
- December 19, 1981
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL · CEDAR KEY, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1578QCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811219081489A
- Case key
- 122939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3097 81/12/19 CEDAR KEY,FL CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N1578Q PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR KEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVE OAK,FL CEDAR KEY,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 42 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SOFT SAND AFT DEPG RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1578Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cedar Key
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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.