- Date
- April 8, 1971
- Place
- Grapevine, TX · GRAPEVINE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1150YCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1137 71/4/8 GRAPEVINE,TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 320 TIME - 1520 N1150Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 158 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE DALLAS ARPT,TEX ARLINGTON,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL STARVATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- CNTR MAIN BRG WEB CRACKED,BRG CAME LOOSE,CVRD OIL PASSAGE.ENG SEIZED.HIT WIRES ATMTG LND ON ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1150Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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