- Date
- July 10, 1980
- Place
- Caldwell, NJ · CALDWELL, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7971GCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800710025279A
- Case key
- 129531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2002 80/7/10 CALDWELL,NJ CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 200 TIME - 1924 N7971G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- LNDD LONG.DELAYED IN RETRACTING FLAPS FRM FULL DOWN PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7971G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Essex County
N7971GRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.