- Date
- April 6, 1980
- Place
- Spring Creek, MO · SPRING CREEK, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7667UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800406008419A
- Case key
- 130934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1234 80/4/6 SPRING CREEK,MO CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1620 N7667U PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY AGE 25, 2220 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 340 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VICHY,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- A/C ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT IN VICINITY OF FOREST FIRE.PLT STATED PREOCCUPIED RPRTG FIRE PROGRESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7667U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.