- Date
- April 29, 1973
- Place
- S.Lke Tahoe, CA · S.LKE TAHOE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5933GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730429010369A
- Case key
- 190751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1002 73/4/29 S.LKE TAHOE,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1450 N5933G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SO.LAKE TAHOE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.LKE TAHOE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- IMPROPER GO ARND PROC. SETTLED INTO TREES. PLT HAD 3.4 HRS SOLO TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5933G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- So.Lake Tahoe
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.