- Date
- February 25, 1971
- Place
- Elma, WA · ELMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61252Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0814 71/2/25 ELMA,WASH CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 11 TOTAL TIME - 1707 N61252 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELMA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMA,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TKOF INTO SNOW SHWR MOVING IN FRM WEST.HIT PWR LINES LOOKING FOR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61252
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elma
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