- Date
- March 16, 1966
- Place
- Whitesville, NJ · WHITESVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5990ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0516 66/3/16 WHITESVILLE NJ CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1840 N5990E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- PILOT BECAME INADVERTENTLY INVOLVED IN NIGHT OPERATION FOR WHICH HE WAS NOT QUALIFIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5990E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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