- Date
- April 13, 1971
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N61038Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1242 71/4/13 WEST MIFFLIN,PA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 224 TIME - 1701 N61038 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 180 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST MIFFLIN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT STATIC ON TAXIWAY AFTER LDG.QUARTERING TAIL WIND GUSTING 25K CAUSED NOSE OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61038
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny Co
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Other investigations on N61038 · 2
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