- Date
- February 8, 1978
- Place
- Conrad, MT · CONRAD, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N45662Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780208001339A
- Case key
- 143157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0242 78/2/8 CONRAD,MT CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 3552 TIME - 1700 N45662 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONRAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONRAD,MT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- INST PLT DID NOT ACT SOON ENOUGH TO PREVENT GROUND LOOP.STRUCK SNOW BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45662
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Conrad
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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.