- Date
- July 3, 1982, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6673GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820703027119A
- Case key
- 70723
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was a local flight practincing landings and had an engine failure during the second climb out. He made an emergency forced landing straight ahead and collided with a ditch. He stated the aircraft had about 3 gallons of fuel before takeoff. Both tanks were empty after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6673G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072173
- Airframe hours
- 1,458
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard A. Wood
- Registered owner
- Richard A. Wood
- Departed
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F70 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- F70 · Mangham Field, runway 17, 2,500 × 30 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 256 total · 256 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 192 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.