- Date
- January 8, 1977
- Place
- Isle Of Palms, SC · ISLE OF PALMS, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8805UCessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770108000149A
- Case key
- 156962
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0287 77/1/8 ISLE OF PALMS,SC CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 429 TIME - 1130 N8805U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAROLD F WILLSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESAPEAKE,VA ISLE OF PALMS,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRAINED 1 GAL 3 OZ FUEL FM L TANK R TANK 1 GAL AND 1 QT.1 FUEL GAUGE IND APRX 1/4,R GAUGE-EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8805U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Harold F Willson
N8805URegistration cancelled Jun 29, 2006 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N8805U · 1
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