- Date
- August 30, 1968
- Place
- Lake Tahoe, CA · LAKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7879ZCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3017 68/8/30 LAKE TAHOE,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 100 TIME - 2220 N7879Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- NO PREVIOUS NITE TIME.MISTOOK LAKE TAHOE FOR CLEAR LAKE.ELEV OF LATTER 4800 FT LOWER THAN TAHOE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7879Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7879ZRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 150CAirframe modelCessna 150CEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N7879Z · 1
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