- Date
- February 27, 1978
- Place
- Electric City, WA · ELECTRIC CITY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6615GCessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780227002409A
- Case key
- 143758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0261 78/2/27 ELECTRIC CITY,WA CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 176 TIME - 2017 N6615G PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND COULEE DAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELECTRIC CITY,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TKOF INTO SPARSLEY LIGHTED TERRAIN.PLT HAD 3 HRS NIGHT 4 TENTHS HR INSTRUMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6615G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grand Coulee Dam
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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.