- Date
- April 19, 1974
- Place
- La Verne, CA · LA VERNE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18559Cessna 150L
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740419012549A
- Case key
- 124230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1310 74/4/19 LA VERNE,CALIF CESSNA 150L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 132 TIME - 1240 N18559 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRACKETT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA VERNE,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 69 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND SHORT WITH ROUGH ENG.COLLIDED WITH SIGN INSIDE PERIMETER FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18559
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brackett Field
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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.