- Date
- January 21, 1979
- Place
- Kinsley, KS · KINSLEY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7271SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790121001299A
- Case key
- 138225
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0013 79/1/21 KINSLEY,KS CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 6544 TIME - 1750 N7271S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 166 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINSLEY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINSLEY,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- ACFT TKOF FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF RWY.UNCONTROLLED ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7271S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kinsley 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.