- Date
- August 2, 1973
- Place
- North Platte, NE · NORTH PLATTE, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N50576Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730802028319A
- Case key
- 189105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2680 73/8/2 NORTH PLATTE,NEBR CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 54 TOTAL TIME - 1330 N50576 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLINCH AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH PLATTE,NEBR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 81 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR TURBC AND WHIRLWIND ABT 20FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50576
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clinch Airpark
N50576Registration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.