- Date
- August 26, 1970
- Place
- Leighton, IA · LEIGHTON, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6274GCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107396
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3569 70/8/26 LEIGHTON,IOWA CESSNA 150K CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 482 TIME - 1600 N6274G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEIGHTON,IOWA OSKALOOSA,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT KNEW WAS LOW ON FUEL.APRXLY 1.5 GALS FUEL DRAINED FROM FUEL SYS AFT ACDNT.LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6274G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6274GRegistration cancelled Nov 5, 2022 · Cessna 150KAirframe modelCessna 150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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