- Date
- November 23, 1968
- Place
- Middletown, NY · MIDDLETOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6535FCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4162 68/11/23 MIDDLETOWN,NY CESSNA 150F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 76, 51 TOTAL TIME - 0810 N6535F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INADVERTENTLY PULLED MIXTURE CONTROL TO FULL LEAN POSITION,INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6535F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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