- Date
- September 22, 1971
- Place
- Columbia, SD · COLUMBIA, SD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5904ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3431 71/9/22 COLUMBIA,S DAK CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 280 TIME - 0930 N5904E PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELLENDALE,N DAK COLUMBIA,S DAK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT LNDD ACFT IN ALFALFA FLD,ALFALFA 12IN HIGH,HIT GOPHER MOUND,NOSED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5904E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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