- Date
- May 28, 1979
- Place
- 29 Palms, CA · 29 PALMS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704WYCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790528016069A
- Case key
- 143480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1340 79/5/28 29 PALMS,CA CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1640 N704WY PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWENTYNINE PALMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BLYTH,CA 29 PALMS,CA LAKE HAVASU,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704WY
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twentynine Palms
N704WYRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine 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.