- Date
- April 8, 1977
- Place
- Springfield, IL · SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9483UCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770408009339A
- Case key
- 158014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0898 77/4/8 SPRINGFIELD,IL CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1448 N9483U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 40, 717 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 431 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HUDSON,MI SPRINGFIELD,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT PLANNED FLT USING PERFORMANCE CHARTS W MIXTURE LEANED. FAILED TO LEAN MIXTURE DURING FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9483U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital Airport
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.