SEA67D0229

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Seattle, WA · January 24, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 24, 1967
Place
Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N8081SCessna 150
Status
Completed · report June 16, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
119336

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0227  67/1/24    SEATTLE,WASH        CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 20, 55 TOTAL
        TIME - 1245                    N8081S              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KING COUNTY-BOEIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          CLEAR                                                     1
        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
           43                                                       70
        WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS                                      TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
           15                                                      VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- X-  WIND GUSTING TO 28 KNOTS PICKED ACFT UP. NOSGEAR COLLAPSED WHEN ACFT FELL IN NOSE GEAR FIRST

Aircraft

Registration
N8081S
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
King County-Boein

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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