- Date
- April 7, 1974
- Place
- Foresthill, CA · FORESTHILL, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6526TCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740407007949A
- Case key
- 186415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0756 74/4/7 FORESTHILL,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 413 TIME - 0915 N6526T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRUSHY SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VACAVILLE,CALIF FORESTHILL,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ABANDONED STRIP.TREES 3-10FT HIGH.NARROW RWY,USEABLE WIDTH TO ONLY 21FT.MISTOOK STRIP FOR OTR ARPT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6526T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brushy Springs
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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.