- Date
- April 20, 1975
- Place
- Laurel, MD · LAUREL, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7689ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750420011019A
- Case key
- 148452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1012 75/4/20 LAUREL,MD CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1500 TIME - 2150 N7689A PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 274 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUBURBAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAUREL,MD BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R FUEL TANK ABT 2 GAL,L TANK APRX 1 PINT.PLT THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH GAS TO RETURN TO BAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7689A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Suburban
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.