- Date
- September 1, 1974
- Place
- Dryden, NY · DRYDEN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60394Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740901031359A
- Case key
- 136880
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2701 74/9/1 DRYDEN,NY CESSNA 150J CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 62 TOTAL TIME - 1605 N60394 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEECH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORTLAND,NY ENDICOTT,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STUDENT SOLO X-COUNTRY AIRMET WX ADVISORY IN EFFECT,CEILINGS BELOW 1000 FT 3 MI VIS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60394
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Keech
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.