- Date
- May 19, 1966
- Place
- St.Donatus, IA · ST.DONATUS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7271XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2698 66/5/19 NR.ST.DONATUS IOWA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 60 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N7271X PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM SHORT FARM FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7271X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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