- Date
- May 29, 1977
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9234UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770529012889A
- Case key
- 158270
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1015 77/5/29 TUSCALOOSA,AL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 51 TOTAL TIME - 1430 N9234U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VANDERGRAF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- GR HIT TAXIWAY LIP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9234U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Vandergraf
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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 N9234U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI92LA284Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJoplin, MOPoor preflight planning and preparation along with the pilot's failure to assure an adequate fuel supply to complete the flight. A factor related to the accident was the downdraft encountered.NTSB CHI88LA219Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportElkhart, INWhile enroute on the second leg of a solo student cross country, the aircraft experienced a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. The student pilot executed a forced landing in a bean field and the aircraft nosed over during the landing roll,…