- Date
- February 11, 1976
- Place
- Brighton, CO · BRIGHTON, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3445VCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760211001789A
- Case key
- 152389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0165 76/2/11 BRIGHTON,CO CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 98 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N3445V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN AIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,CO BRIGHTON,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT GROUNDLOOPED ACFT TO AVOID DITCH. MIXT CTL FOUND IN FULL LEAN POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3445V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Aire
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.