- Date
- January 21, 1977
- Place
- Marthasville, MO · MARTHASVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45559Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770121000749A
- Case key
- 156989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0099 77/1/21 MARTHASVILLE,MO CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N45559 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 29, 1552 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- DESCENDED INTO TREES WHILE DEMONSTRATING SIMULATED VOR APPROACH TO STUDENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45559
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.