- Date
- October 2, 1972
- Place
- Acuff, TX · ACUFF, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6718GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3238 72/10/2 ACUFF,TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 31 TOTAL TIME - 1439 N6718G PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LUBBOCK,TEX LUBBOCK,TEX ANDREW TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FAILED TO RESET DIRECTIONAL GYRO. LANDED IN COTTON FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6718G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lubbock
N6718GRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2015 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N6718G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.