- Date
- May 26, 1971
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX · FORT WORTH, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8260SCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161444
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1728 71/5/26 FORT WORTH,TEX CESSNA 150F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 35 TOTAL TIME - 1335 N8260S PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUCK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WORTH,TEX 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: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- NR 3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD BROKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8260S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Luck Field
N8260SRegistration cancelled Feb 9, 2018 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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