- Date
- November 10, 1969
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51000Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3325 69/11/10 LAS CRUCES,N MEX CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 44, 117 TIME - 1010 N51000 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX LAS CRUCES,N MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: PISTON,PISTON RINGS POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNDETERMINED METAL INGESTION INTO ENG.NR 1 INTAKE VALVE SCARRED AND PISTON SEIZED IN CYL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51000
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces
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