- Date
- November 4, 1977
- Place
- Noblesville, IN · NOBLESVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7964FCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771104043119A
- Case key
- 144155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3991 77/11/4 NOBLESVILLE,IN CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1955 N7964F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 47, 3025 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANAPOLIS MET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOBLESVILLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW COMPRESSION TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TOWING AN ADVERTISING SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7964F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Indianapolis Met
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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.