- Date
- January 25, 1974
- Place
- Cooper City, FL · COOPER CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5971GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740125003209A
- Case key
- 170239
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0780 74/1/25 NR.COOPER CITY,FLA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 69 TOTAL TIME - 2330 N5971G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH PERRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,FLA OPA LOCKA,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL 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- L WING HIT TREE TOP AT POINT OF FLARE,CONT,HIT SIGN POST AT EDGE OF ROAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5971G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- North Perry
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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.
Other investigations on N5971G · 1
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