- Date
- December 27, 1964
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N991KWCessna 150C
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0988 64/12/27 TALLAHASSEE FLA CESSNA 150C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 215 TIME - 1149 N991KW PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TALLAHASSEE MUN 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N991KW
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tallahassee Mun
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