- Date
- October 24, 1964
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO · FORT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7869ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0753 64/10/24 NR.FORT COLLINS COLO CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 135 TIME - 1608 N7869E PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FLEW INTO RISING MT TERRAIN TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 60 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DENSITY ALT ABOUT 9500 FT MSL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7869E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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