Accident Cessna 150E N650LA,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 5884
 
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Date:Sunday 25 January 1976
Time:09:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 150E
Owner/operator:Harold L Childers
Registration: N650LA
MSN: 15060823
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Holbrook Municipal Airport, 3 nm NE of Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizon -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Holbrook Municipal Airport (FAA LID: P14)
Destination airport:Fresno, CA
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed)( 25 January 1976 when flew into the ground shortly after take off (during initial climb phase) from
Holbrook Municipal Airport, 3 nautical miles North East of Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona. The 36-year-old pilot (the sole person on board) was killed.

According to the NTSB report, the pilot in command:

INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
HAD SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
MADE INADEQUATE PRE FLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING

Art the time of the crash, there was heavy fog, with visibility of under 1/2 mile. Registration N650LA cancelled by the FAA on 1 April 1976.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX76AL048
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 month
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification: LAX76AL048
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=650LA

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
11-Mar-2015 01:15 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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