- Date
- January 14, 1973
- Place
- Peoria, IL · PEORIA, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1244YCessna 150B
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730114000349A
- Case key
- 170017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0243 73/1/14 PEORIA,ILL CESSNA 150B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 190 TIME - 1925 N1244Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 183 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PEORIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IND PEORIA,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DISORIENTED ENRTE.OVERFLEW DEST ARPT TO REACH OTR ARPT FOR FUELING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1244Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Peoria
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.