- Date
- May 20, 1967
- Place
- Tulare, CA · TULARE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6540FCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1715 67/5/20 TULARE,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N6540F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 215 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLAHER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK HAYSTACK LOCATED OFF SIDE OF NARROW RUNWAY THEN NOSEDOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6540F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gallaher
N6540FRegistration cancelled May 1, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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