- Date
- February 18, 1979
- Place
- Farmington, CT · FARMINGTON, CT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N16006Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790218003179A
- Case key
- 137328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0393 79/2/18 FARMINGTON,CT CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N16006 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 52, 1980 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGTON,CT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DUAL INSTRUCTION FLT,IP SIMULATED ENG FALURE DURING INITAL CLIMB.ENG FAILED TO RESPOND.HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16006
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farmington
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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.