- Date
- January 27, 1981
- Place
- Bowling Green, KY · BOWLING GREEN, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66778Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810127001949A
- Case key
- 127122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0007 81/1/27 BOWLING GREEN,KY CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 421 TIME - 1454 N66778 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 89 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWLING GREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWLING GREEN,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ENTERED TFC PATTERN FOR WRONG RWY.ENG QUIT DRG GO-ARND.NOSED OVER IN PLOWED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66778
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowling Green
N66778Registration cancelled May 8, 2021 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N66778 · 1
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