- Date
- March 18, 1972
- Place
- Hopewell, VA · HOPEWELL, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6049GCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166446
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1385 72/3/18 HOPEWELL,VA CESSNA 150K CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 34 TOTAL TIME - 0905 N6049G PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPEWELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOPEWELL,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ACFT LNDD,RAN OFF L SIDE OF RWY,DN EMBANKMENT,ACROSS HIGHWAY,HIT HIGHWAY GUARD RAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6049G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hopewell
N6049GRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2003 · Cessna 150KAirframe modelCessna 150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Other investigations on N6049G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW83FA078Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportRomayor, TXThe acft spun into the ground from a relatively low alt. The student pilot was giving rides to relatives and had successfully completed one flt during which the acft was stalled followed by a wing over and a dive. These maneuvers were repeated. Estimates of…NTSB FTW76DPG54Accident · No injuriesClosedBay, AR