- Date
- April 30, 1976
- Place
- Van Nuys, CA · VAN NUYS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51283Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760430010139A
- Case key
- 153494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0915 76/4/30 VAN NUYS,CA CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 43 TOTAL TIME - 1812 N51283 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN NUYS AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VAN NUYS,CA RETURN LOMPOC,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ACFT ON CITY STREET AFTER OVERSHOOTING EMPTY FIELD DURING FORCED LANDING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51283
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Nuys Airport
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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.