- Date
- July 26, 1968
- Place
- Portland, ME · PORTLAND, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8602SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2462 68/7/26 PORTLAND,ME CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 22, TIME - 0910 N8602S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO 20 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORTLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF IN WRONG DIRECTION FROM RNWY INTERSECTION. INSUFFICIENT RNWY AVAIL.RT QUART T/W 11K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8602S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Portland
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Other investigations on N8602S · 1
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