- Date
- March 12, 1976
- Place
- Fall Rvr Mills, CA · FALL RVR MILLS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8598GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760312007779A
- Case key
- 152931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0766 76/3/12 FALL RVR MILLS,CA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N8598G PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 59, 2867 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FALL RIVER MILLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FALL RVR MILLS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- SIM FORCED LDG. STUDENT TRIED TO RET TO ARPT. IP ATTMPTD RECOVERY TOO LATE. HIT GUY WIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8598G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fall River Mills
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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.