- Date
- November 16, 1968
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8222SCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4152 68/11/16 LONG BEACH,CALIF CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 45, 26 TOTAL TIME - 0800 N8222S PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT INADVERTENTLY CUT MIXTURE ON DOWNWIND. LANDED IN DIRT BETWEEN RNWYS. WAS MARGINAL FOR SOLO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8222S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
N8222SRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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.
Other investigations on N8222S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW84LA177Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPearland, TXDuring takeoff, the engine lost power at about 150 feet AGL while the aircraft was climbing. The pilot made an emergency landing in a field 1/2 mile from the airport. The engine was later test run and no malfunctons noted that would account for the power loss.NTSB LAX68F0328Accident · No injuriesClosedLakewood, CA