- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Place
- Collegeville, PA · COLLEGEVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8440MCessna A150K
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161233
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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 71/7/26 COLLEGEVILLE,PA CESSNA A150K CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N8440M PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 2026 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 435 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERKIOMEN VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGEVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT LOW PASS OUR RWY 9 FOLLOWED BY STEEP PULL UP OVR END.TURNED L THEN SUDDEN R TURN.TSTM EAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8440M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Perkiomen Valley
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