- Date
- June 24, 1977
- Place
- Troutdale, OR · TROUTDALE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N45580Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770624022069A
- Case key
- 147174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2078 77/6/24 TROUTDALE,OR CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 22, 17 TOTAL TIME - 1718 N45580 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROUTDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TROUTDALE,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 84 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- DOWNDRAFT ON FINAL,HIT DIKE SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45580
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Troutdale
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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.