- Date
- June 16, 1977
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66502Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770616014989A
- Case key
- 158239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1071 77/6/16 LAS VEGAS,NV CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0600 N66502 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 1060 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 955 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORTH LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SIMULATED EMERG LDG APPROACH TO UPSLOPE TERRAIN.UN OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66502
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.