- Date
- October 9, 1966
- Place
- Bass Lake, CA · BASS LAKE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7847FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121561
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0925 66/10/9 BASS LAKE CALIF CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 42, 909 TIME - 0056 N7847F PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARNOLD MEADOW AIR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-102166.SHORT UNLGTD HAZARDOUS STRIP.HI.OBSTS.DEATH DUE SUPERFICIAL INJURIES,EXPOSURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7847F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arnold Meadow Air
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