- Date
- January 22, 1972
- Place
- Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5905GCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165140
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0358 72/1/22 SALISBURY,NC CESSNA 150K CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0148 N5905G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 23, 658 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 234 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD LYNCHBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FILED IFR W DESTN BLO MIN.CHG FP 15MI N DESTN TO VFR APRT.EXHSTD FUEL ENRT,CRASH LNDD IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5905G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5905GRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Cessna 150KAirframe modelCessna 150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5905G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.