- Date
- March 27, 1973
- Place
- Smithton, PA · SMITHTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61300Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730327007719A
- Case key
- 170715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0792 73/3/27 SMITHTON,PA CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N61300 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 35, 613 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 568 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COYLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURG,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED.TWO TOP ONES WERE OILY,FOUR BOTTOM PLUGS FOUND HEAVILY SOOTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61300
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Coyle
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.