Plane Crash List

Cessna 150L N1246Q

29 December 1995 · Quartzite, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 29 December 1995 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N1246Q was involved in an accident near Quartzite, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 17:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Quartzite, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport
Quartzite Airstrip (2L3)
Coordinates
33.6598, -114.2303
Aircraft
Cessna 150L
Registration
N1246Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX96LA088

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

the pilot's misjudgement of his distance and altitude relationship to the runway, which resulted in an undershoot and failure to achieve the proper touchdown point for landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that during a landing, the airplane touched down short of the dirt runway and struck a log, which broke the nose wheel axle. The airplane subsequently ground looped and came to rest beside the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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