- Date
- December 21, 1968
- Place
- Spearfish, SD · SPEARFISH, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6418FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107372
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4241 68/12/21 SPEARFISH,S DAK CESSNA 150F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N6418F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAWRENCE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE REMARKS- SECOND SOLO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6418F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lawrence County
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Other investigations on N6418F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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