- Date
- August 3, 1973
- Place
- Arley, AL · ARLEY, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6246TCessna 150C
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730803023869A
- Case key
- 201619
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4126 73/8/3 ARLEY,ALA CESSNA 150C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 91 TOTAL TIME - 2040 N6246T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,ALA MUSCLE SHOALS,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ALT LGT CAME ON,LGTS WENT OUT,RED LGT STAYED ON.NOT SURE OF PSN APCH TO RD.TURNED L WHEN CAR APCHD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6246T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6246TRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Cessna 150EAirframe modelCessna 150EEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.