- Date
- June 20, 1972
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50350Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167269
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2731 72/6/20 LIVERMORE,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 105 TIME - 1130 N50350 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 57 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- FLEW UP CANYON THAT WAS BEYOND THE ACFT CLIMB CAPABILITY AND WAS TOO NARROW FOR TURNAROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50350
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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