- Date
- May 19, 1964
- Place
- Walnut Grove, CA · WALNUT GROVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2068ZCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1340 64/5/19 WALNUT GROVE CAL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 30 TOTAL TIME - 1745 N2068Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALNUT GROVE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2068Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walnut Grove
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Other investigations on N2068Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR14CA204Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportWellington, NVThe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while departing from a wet runway.NTSB WPR10CA453Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportFields, ORThe pilot's misjudged landing flare, resulting in a bounced landing and loss of directional control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inaccurate perception of the airplane’s proximity to the ground as a result of the featureless white landing area.