- Date
- December 23, 1973
- Place
- Stockton, CA · STOCKTON, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7925ZCessna 150C
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19731223042049A
- Case key
- 79565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3949 73/12/23 STOCKTON,CALIF CESSNA 150C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 300 TIME - 2212 N7925Z PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STOCKTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKTON,CALIF LIVERMORE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- PLT ADVISED INSTRUMENT RATING REQD NIGHT SPEC VFR.WRECKAGE RCVRD 12/24/73.PATCHY FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7925Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stockton Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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