- Date
- October 24, 1974
- Place
- Wiscasset, ME · WISCASSET, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50899Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741024036089A
- Case key
- 140955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3396 74/10/24 WISCASSET,ME CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N50899 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WISCASSET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WISCASSET,ME LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50899
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wiscasset
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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.