- Date
- February 6, 1972
- Place
- Los Banos, CA · LOS BANOS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N50668Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165432
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4160 72/2/6 LOS BANOS,CALIF CESSNA 150J CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1640 N50668 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPERVENTILATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS,COLDNESS & DIFFICULTY BREATHING.LOST CTL,CRASHED INTO RESEVOIR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50668
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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