- Date
- April 19, 1973
- Place
- Quartzsite, AZ · QUARTZSITE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60368Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report July 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730419012539A
- Case key
- 170474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1134 73/4/19 QUARTZSITE,ARIZ CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 74 TOTAL TIME - 0610 N60368 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT TUCSON,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN ALFALFA FLD. HIT IRRIGATION BERM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60368
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N60368Registration cancelled Jul 17, 2007 · Cessna 150JAirframe modelCessna 150JEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.