- Date
- August 11, 1973
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX · GRAND PRAIRIE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5628ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730811023089A
- Case key
- 189632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1780 73/8/11 GRAND PRAIRIE,TEX CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 28, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1440 N5628E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND PRAIRIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TEX GRAND PRAIRIE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT,NOT ENDORSED FOR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT.OVERFLEW WACO,HILLSBORO 1 TANK EMPTY OTR RED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5628E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grand Prairie
N5628ERegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Cessna 150Airframe modelCessna 150Engine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5628E · 1
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