- Date
- July 17, 1975
- Place
- Florham Park, NJ · FLORHAM PARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11215Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750717024069A
- Case key
- 150301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2108 75/7/17 FLORHAM PARK,NJ CESSNA 150L CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 143 TIME - 1722 N11215 PX- 1 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORRISTOWN,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 85 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- POLICE PHOTO-SURVEILLANCE MISSION.OBSERVED IN NOSE HIGH SLOW FLIGHT PRIOR TO ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11215
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morristown
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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.