- Date
- October 27, 1966
- Place
- Leesburg, VA · LEESBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6287TCessna 150E
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3749 66/10/27 LEESBURG VA CESSNA 150E CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N6287T PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GODFREY FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS REMARKS- ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND WITH FULL FLAPS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6287T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Godfrey Field