- Date
- August 30, 1971
- Place
- Med Lodge, KS · MED LODGE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3915UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3165 71/8/30 MED LODGE,KANS CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 210 TIME - 1030 N3915U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALVA,OKLA MED LODGE,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT MADE LOW PASS OVER OPEN FLD AND THEN HAD TO LND TO AVOID PWR LINES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3915U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N3915U · 2
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