- Date
- March 12, 1977
- Place
- Fitchburg, MA · FITCHBURG, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8650UCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770312033209A
- Case key
- 157835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2129 77/3/12 FITCHBURG,MA CESSNA 150M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 73, 445 TIME - 1155 N8650U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FITCHBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FITCHBURG,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- PILOTS PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT WAS DUE TO ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8650U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fitchburg Muni
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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.