- Date
- October 25, 1976
- Place
- Sparta, MI · SPARTA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N17236Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761025034139A
- Case key
- 155901
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3348 76/10/25 SPARTA,MI CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 56 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N17236 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPARTA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COOPERSVILLE,MI RETURN SPARTA,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUELING FACILITIES CLOSED AT SPARTA,MI.PIC ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO DESTINATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17236
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sparta
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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.