- Date
- May 18, 1972
- Place
- Grimes, IA · GRIMES, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8461MCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0898 72/5/18 GRIMES,IOWA CESSNA 150K CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0535 N8461M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 29, 3446 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1684 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL AT TOO LOW ALT TO RECOVER FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. IMPACTED IN NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8461M
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dodge
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