- Date
- August 15, 1964
- Place
- Clarksdale, MS · CLARKSDALE, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7022XCessna 150A
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182628
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0614 64/8/15 CLARKSDALE MISS CESSNA 150A CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 20, 18 TOTAL TIME - 1120 N7022X PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLETCHER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FOG RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7022X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fletcher Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.