- Date
- September 1, 1969
- Place
- Lone Pine, CA · LONE PINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3117XCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2572 69/9/1 LONE PINE,CALIF CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 216 TIME - 1530 N3117X PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONACHE MEADOWS,CAL INYOKERN,CAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT ABOUT 10400 FT. STALLED TRYING TO AVOID RISING TERRAIN. EARLIER T/O ATTEMPT ABORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3117X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3117XRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2019 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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