- Date
- July 19, 1966
- Place
- Sierra Blanca, TX · SIERRA BLANCA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8996SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1904 66/7/19 SIERRA BLANCA TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 74 TOTAL TIME - 1013 N8996S PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JACK FROST RANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PWR PLT-EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION,CAUSE UNDETERMN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- UNABLE TO ALIGN WITH RUNWAY AFTER ENGINE STOPPED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8996S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jack Frost Ranch
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