- Date
- March 9, 1966
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3977UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0416 66/3/9 WEST MIFFLIN PA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1609 N3977U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3977U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny County
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