- Date
- October 30, 1976
- Place
- Howland, ME · HOWLAND, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5584GCessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761030034719A
- Case key
- 156787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3684 76/10/30 HOWLAND,ME CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 19 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N5584G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELFAST,ME MILLINOCKET,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HAZE OBSTRUCTED VIS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5584G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.