- Date
- March 17, 1972
- Place
- Maple Valley, WA · MAPLE VALLEY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61355Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165890
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0251 72/3/17 MAPLE VALLEY,WASH CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N61355 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PRACT LDGS 2500FT STRIP SURROUNDED BY TREES.T/D MID-FLD.FLAPS NOT RETRCTD.5K TAILWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61355
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Grove
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.