- Date
- December 22, 1977
- Place
- Tipton, IA · TIPTON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66055Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771222038569A
- Case key
- 144393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3908 77/12/22 TIPTON,IA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 55 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N66055 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MATTHEWS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,IL CEDAR RAPIDS,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 20 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- WND GUSTING 20KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66055
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Matthews
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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.