- Date
- April 19, 1980
- Place
- Watertown, SD · WATERTOWN, SD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4685XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800419009889A
- Case key
- 130978
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1336 80/4/19 WATERTOWN,SD CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 38 TOTAL TIME - 1125 N4685X PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERTOWN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,SD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- TURNED L DRG GO-ARND WHEN OTR ACFT STOPPED ON RNY.UN CLB ABV RISING TRRN.HIT BNDRY FENCE DRG LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4685X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watertown 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.
Other investigations on N4685X · 1
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