- Date
- June 27, 1974
- Place
- Port Huron, MI · PORT HURON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6608GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740627020829A
- Case key
- 128117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1923 74/6/27 PORT HURON,MICH CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 104 TIME - 1135 N6608G PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST CLAIRE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT HURON,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 2 CYL TESTED 10/80,APRX 90 PCT LOSS OF COMPRESSION DUE EX VALVE LEAK.DITCH HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6608G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St Claire County
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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.