- Date
- February 7, 1978
- Place
- Auburn, NY · AUBURN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714NVCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780207002529A
- Case key
- 143192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0435 78/2/7 AUBURN,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, UNK/NR TIME - 1455 N714NV PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- TRIM FOUND IN UP ELEVATOR POSITION.ACFT OBSVD TO CLIMB & FALL REPEATEDLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714NV
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.