- Date
- August 29, 1978
- Place
- Tulare, CA · TULARE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23501Cessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780829025099A
- Case key
- 139977
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2213 78/8/29 TULARE,CA CESSNA 150H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 17, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1140 N23501 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TULARE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VISALIA,CA TULARE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 80 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23501
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tulare
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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.