- Date
- October 24, 1971
- Place
- Chinook, MT · CHINOOK, MT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6180TCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3502 71/10/24 CHINOOK,MONT CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 25 TOTAL TIME - 0400 N6180T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINOOK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINOOK,MONT HARLEM,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= REMARKS- LOST CTL DURG TURN OVR UNLGTD AREA SHORTLY AFT TKOF.HAD HUNTED ALL DAY,GONE TO DANCE PRIOR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6180T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chinook
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