- Date
- May 1, 1966
- Place
- Franklinton, NC · FRANKLINTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7784ECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0886 66/5/1 FRANKLINTON NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 110 TIME - 1530 N7784E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL GRADE-IMPROPER PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- OFF AIRPORT OPERATION.ATTEMPTED OPERATION WITH AUTOMOBILE FUEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7784E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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