- Date
- October 27, 1968
- Place
- Furnace Creek, CA · FURNACE CREEK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8000FCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3986 68/10/27 FURNACE CREEK,CAL CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 91 TOTAL TIME - 1400 N8000F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT CAUGHT IN DOWN-DRAFT.EXCEEDED ACFT CAPABILITIES BY ATTEMPT TO CROSS MTS.RECOVERY DATE-11/1/68
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8000F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8000FRegistration cancelled Jan 24, 2017 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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