- Date
- September 27, 1968
- Place
- Ft.Lenard Wood, MO · FT.LENARD WOOD, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50579Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108332
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3236 68/9/27 FT.LENARD WOOD,MO CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 16 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N50579 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORNEY ARMY FLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PLT WAS RAISING FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50579
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Forney Army Fld
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N50579 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI98LA038Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPlymouth, INthe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the crosswind, soft field takeoff. Factors in this accident were the pilot not following the airplane manufacturer's recommended takeoff procedures by lowering the flaps, and the crosswind.NTSB CHI72DET13Accident · No injuriesClosedDowagiac, MI