- Date
- November 1, 1978
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL · JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60537Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781101038629A
- Case key
- 137972
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4181 78/11/1 JACKSONVILLE,FL CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 59 TOTAL TIME - 1336 N60537 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERLONG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CABLE FAILED AT HIGH RPM.PLT CIRCLED FIELD BFR ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL RPM W MIXTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60537
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Herlong
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N60537 · 1
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