- Date
- August 21, 1979
- Place
- Pleasant Hill, MO · PLEASANT HILL, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4070UCessna 150E
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790821020899A
- Case key
- 135195
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1617 79/8/21 NR.PLEASANT HILL,MO CESSNA 150E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 1062 TIME - 1400 N4070U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAWK AVIATION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLEASANT HILL,MO LEAWOOD,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- UPHILL RWY GRADIENT IN DIRECTION OF TKOF.WND GUSTING 12 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4070U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hawk Aviation
N4070URegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2012 · Cessna 150EAirframe modelCessna 150EEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.
Other investigations on N4070U · 1
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