- Date
- November 24, 1978
- Place
- Piedmont, SD · PIEDMONT, SD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66231Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781124036349A
- Case key
- 144014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3272 78/11/24 PIEDMONT,SD CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 220 TIME - 1230 N66231 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,SD PIEDMONT,SD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66231
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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