- Date
- April 1, 1976
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6391GCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760401006739A
- Case key
- 153177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0481 76/4/1 NR.BAKERSFIELD,CA CESSNA 150K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 182 TIME - 1053 N6391G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV BAKERSFIELD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- OVERFLEW SUITABLE ARPTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6391G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- 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.