NYC72FID07

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Ft Eustis, VA · August 20, 1971

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
August 20, 1971
Place
Ft Eustis, VA · FT EUSTIS, VA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N6260GCessna 150
Status
Completed · report April 4, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
162699

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3089  71/8/20    FT EUSTIS,VA        CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 36, 19 TOTAL
        TIME - 1920                    N6260G              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FELKER AAF
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT EUSTIS,VA                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE
        REMARKS- ATMTD GOARND BEHIND ARMY CH-47 HEL,ENCTRD TURB FM M/R BLDS,CRASHED IN GRASS AREA AT SIDE OF RWY.

Aircraft

Registration
N6260G
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Felker Aaf

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