- Date
- March 3, 1971
- Place
- Visalia, CA · VISALIA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7815ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0980 71/3/3 VISALIA,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 13 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N7815E PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEQUOIA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VISALIA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- 1ST SOLO,DID NOT RETARD PWR AFTR TCHDWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7815E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sequoia Field
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Other investigations on N7815E · 1
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