- Date
- December 31, 1974
- Place
- Ottuma, IA · OTTUMA, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7757FCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741231040699A
- Case key
- 144917
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4160 74/12/31 OTTUMA,IOWA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 263 TIME - 1706 N7757F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTUMWA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTUMA,IOWA NEWTON,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE REMARKS- UPPER SURFACES OF WINGS CVRD WITH THIN LAYER OF ROUGH GRANULAR ICE.ICE ON LEADING EDGE ALSO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7757F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottumwa Muni
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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.