- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Henleyville, CA · HENLEYVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5295QCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505012009A
- Case key
- 124414
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1096 74/5/5 NR.HENLEYVILLE,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1542 N5295Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 1800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED BLUFF,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK TREES. CREW WAS DROPPING RICE ON WEDDING PARTY. CRASHED IN CREEK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5295Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.