- Date
- July 19, 1978
- Place
- Columbus, KS · COLUMBUS, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18544Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780719027899A
- Case key
- 140854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2412 78/7/19 COLUMBUS,KS CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, UNK/NR TIME - 2000 N18544 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCIAN FARM STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PERFORMING STALLS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.MED CERT DISAPPROVED AFT OPEN HEART SURGERY IN 1970.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18544
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lucian Farm Strip
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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.