- Date
- July 30, 1978
- Place
- Lynden, WA · LYNDEN, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6735FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780730027359A
- Case key
- 140158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2404 78/7/30 LYNDEN,WA CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 115 TIME - 1215 N6735F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LYNDEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALDERWOOD MANOR,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREMATURE FLAP RETRACTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ATTMPTD GO-AROUND WITH CARB HEAT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6735F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lynden
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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.