- Date
- September 11, 1976
- Place
- Ashville, NC · ASHVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50261Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760911027409A
- Case key
- 155534
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2376 76/9/11 ASHVILLE,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 2200 TIME - 1215 N50261 PX- 0 0 1 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD IN A CORN FIELD.PLT PULLED MIXTURE OFF INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50261
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.