- Date
- May 7, 1978
- Place
- West Chester, PA · WEST CHESTER, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63176Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780507042539A
- Case key
- 142226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0837 78/5/7 WEST CHESTER,PA CESSNA 150M CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1305 N63176 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 42, 500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 105 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHESTER,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63176
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- West Chester
N63176Registration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N63176 · 1
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